åk – Norwegian Bokmål noun declension

Noun: åk
Gender: Neuter Hyphenation:

Indefinite

Sg.	åk
Pl.	åk

Definite

Sg.	åket
Pl.	åka; åkene

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like åk

kretsløp, kroppsvev, sexliv, samråd, samvær, samløp, sesongkort, cappella-kor, solbær, sjøfly, sjøliv, betongrør, passasjertog, passasjerfly, skritt, skjerf, skjegg, skjold, fenakjøtt, selvmord, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

From Old Norse ok, from Proto-Germanic *juką, from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm. Cognate with Latin iugum (English jugular), Sanskrit युग (yugá, “yoke, team”), Old Church Slavonic иго (igo) (whence Russian иго (igo)), Persian یوق (yowq). Compare English yoga. Doublet of yoga. See: Old Norse Nouns 'ok', Latin Nouns 'iugum', English Nouns 'jugular', Russian Nouns 'иго', English Nouns 'yoga'.

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