skagi

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse skagi, from Proto-Germanic *skagô.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskaːjɪ/
    Rhymes: -aːjɪ

Noun

skagi m (genitive singular skaga, nominative plural skagar)

  1. peninsula, headland, cape
    Synonym: nes

Declension

Declension of skagi (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skagi skaginn skagar skagarnir
accusative skaga skagann skaga skagana
dative skaga skaganum skögum skögunum
genitive skaga skagans skaga skaganna

Old Norse

Etymology

See skaga (“to protrude, jut out”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

skagi m (genitive skaga)

  1. low cape, ness

Declension

Declension of skagi (weak an-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skagi skaginn skagar skagarnir
accusative skaga skagann skaga skagana
dative skaga skaganum skǫgum skǫgunum
genitive skaga skagans skaga skaganna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: skagi
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skage
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skage

Verb

skagi

  1. inflection of skaga:
    1. first-person singular present indicative active
    2. third-person singular/plural present subjunctive active

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