tík

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See also: tik and TIK

Faroese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse tík, from Proto-Germanic *tikk, shared with Old English and Middle Low German tike. According to Pokorny, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deuk- (to lead, pull).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

tík f (genitive singular tíkar, plural tíkar)

  1. a bitch, a female dog

Declension[edit]

f6 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative tík tíkin tíkar tíkarnar
Accusative tík tíkina tíkar tíkarnar
Dative tík tíkini tíkum tíkunum
Genitive tíkar tíkarinnar tíka tíkanna

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Morris, Richard (1897): Historical Outlines of English Accidence
  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “220-21”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 220-21

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse tík, from Proto-Germanic *tikk, shared with Old English and Middle Low German tike. According to Pokorny, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deuk- (to lead, pull).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

tík f (genitive singular tíkar or tíkur, nominative plural tíkur)

  1. a bitch, a female dog
  2. (slang, derogatory) a bitch

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Morris, Richard (1897): Historical Outlines of English Accidence
  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “220-21”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 220-21