ekki

== English == === Noun === ekki (uncountable) The hard timber of the tree Lophira alata. === Anagrams === kike == Faroese == === Etymology === From Old Norse ekki, from Proto-Germanic *inkô. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛʰt͡ʃːɪ/ Rhymes: -ɛʰt͡ʃːɪ === Noun === ekki m (genitive singular ekka, uncountable) (archaic) sorrow, sadness ==== Declension ==== == Icelandic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛhcɪ/ Rhymes: -ɛhcɪ (as an adverb, unstressed) IPA(key): /ɪc(ː)ɪ/ === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse ekki (“nothing”), from eitt (neuter of einn (“one”)) + negative suffix -gi, -ki. ==== Adverb ==== ekki not Synonyms: (dated) ei, (dated) eigi don't ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Pronoun ==== ekki (obsolete except in set phrases) nominative/accusative neuter singular of enginn; nothing ===== Derived terms ===== koma fyrir ekki (“to be to no avail, to come to nothing”) === Etymology 2 === From Old Norse ekki, from Proto-Germanic *inkô. ==== Noun ==== ekki m (genitive singular ekka, nominative plural ekkar) sob, sobbing Synonyms: snökt n, ekkasog n (archaic) sorrow, sadness ===== Declension ===== == Ili Turki == === Etymology === From Proto-Turkic *ẹk(k)i. === Numeral === ekki two == Old Norse == === Alternative forms === etki === Etymology === From earlier etki, from *eittki, equivalent to eitt (“one”) +‎ -gi (“not”), literally “not one”. Originally neuter of engi. === Pronunciation === (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈɛkkɪ/ === Pronoun === ekki (dative einugi, genitive einski) nothing === Adverb === ekki not ==== Synonyms ==== eigi ei ne ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: ekki Faroese: ikki Norwegian Nynorsk: ikkje; (dialectal) ikki, ikkj, itj Old Swedish: ikke Swedish: icke Danish: ikke Norwegian Bokmål: ikke → North Frisian: ek === Determiner === ekki nominative neuter singular of engi accusative neuter singular of engi === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “ekki”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive