skunkur

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from English skunk, from Abenaki segôgw (“skunk”, literally “he who squirts (musk) / urinates”), from Proto-Algonquian *šeka·kwa, from *šek- (“to urinate”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskuŋ̊kʏr/
  • Rhymes: -uŋ̊kʏr

Noun

skunkur m (genitive singular skunks, nominative plural skunkar)

  1. skunk

Declension

Declension of skunkur (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skunkur skunkurinn skunkar skunkarnir
accusative skunk skunkinn skunka skunkana
dative skunki skunknum, skunkinum skunkum skunkunum
genitive skunks skunksins skunka skunkanna

References

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