brekka

== Faroese == === Etymology === From Old Norse brekka, from Proto-Germanic *brinkaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpɾɛʰkːa/ Rhymes: -ɛʰkːa === Noun === brekka f (genitive singular brekku, plural brekkur) slope, hillside, acclivity ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== kavabrekka mótbrekka ==== Related terms ==== fjall tindur berg brattur ==== See also ==== brek == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse brekka, from Proto-Germanic *brinkaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈprɛhka/ Rhymes: -ɛhka === Noun === brekka f (genitive singular brekku, nominative plural brekkur) slope, hillside Synonym: hlíð ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== mannvitsbrekka == Old Norse == === Alternative forms === *brenka === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *brinkǭ, a variant of *brinkaz. === Noun === brekka f (genitive brekku, plural brekkur) slope ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== brekkubrún brekkumegin brekkumunr ==== Related terms ==== bringa ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: brekka Faroese: brekka Norwegian: brekke Swedish: bräkka, brikka → Middle English: brinke, brynke, brenk, brink, brynkke, brynk, brenke, bryncke (also from Middle Low German brink)English: brinkScots: brink === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “brekka”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 68; also available at the Internet Archive