hláka

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hláka (“thaw”), verbal noun to Old Norse hlá (“to thaw”). Potentially related to Old Norse lǫgr (“liquid”), English lake etc.

Cognate to dialectal Swedish laka, lakna (“to thaw, melt”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈl̥auːka/
  • Rhymes: -auːka

Noun

hláka f (genitive singular hláku, nominative plural hlákur)

  1. thaw (warmth of weather sufficient to melt that which is frozen)
    Synonyms: þíða, bloti

Declension

Declension of hláka (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hláka hlákan hlákur hlákurnar
accusative hláku hlákuna hlákur hlákurnar
dative hláku hlákunni hlákum hlákunum
genitive hláku hlákunnar hláka, hlákna hlákanna, hláknanna

See also

  • asahláka
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