sekkur

From Old Norse sekkr, from Proto-Germanic *sakkuz (“sack”), from Latin saccus (“large bag”), from Ancient Greek σάκκος (sákkos, “bag of coarse cloth”), from Semitic. Cognate with Dutch zak, German Sack, Swedish säck, Hebrew שַׂק (śaq, “sack, sackcloth”), Akkadian 𒆭𒊓 (saqqu).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛʰkːʊɹ/

sekkur m (genitive singular sekkjar, plural sekkir)

1. sack, big bag (for potatoes, flour, mail, etc.)

From Old Norse sekkr, from Proto-Germanic *sakkuz (“sack”), from Latin saccus (“large bag”), from Ancient Greek σάκκος (sákkos, “bag of coarse cloth”), from Semitic. Cognate with Dutch zak, German Sack, Swedish säck, Hebrew שַׂק (śaq, “sack, sackcloth”), Akkadian 𒆭𒊓 (saqqu).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛhkʏr/

  Rhymes: -ɛhkʏr

sekkur m (genitive singular sekkjar, nominative plural sekkir)

1. a sack, a bag

• sekka
• sekkja
• hársekkur
• sekkjapípa
• kaupa köttinn í sekknum
• stinga sinni pípu í sekk