hjúkra

== Icelandic == === Etymology === Alongside hjúka, from Old Norse hjúka (“to carefully take care of”), probably from a k-extension of hjón (“married couple”), as married couples would tend to each other. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈçuːkra/ Rhymes: -uːkra === Verb === hjúkra (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hjúkraði, supine hjúkrað) to nurse, to tend [with dative] ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== hjúkrari hjúkrun === References === === Further reading === “hjúkra” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)