bakstur

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpaxstʏr/
  • Rhymes: -axstʏr

Noun

bakstur m (genitive singular baksturs, nominative plural bakstrar)

  1. baking
    Ekki var mjög mikið um bakstur á Íslandi fyrr á öldum.
    Baking was not common in Iceland in earlier centuries.
  2. pastry
  3. epithem, compress, poultice (soft, moist mass applied topically to sore)
    Hann lagði heitan bakstur við sárið.
    He applied a hot poultice to the wound.

Declension
declension of bakstur
m-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bakstur baksturinn bakstrar bakstrarnir
accusative bakstur baksturinn bakstra bakstrana
dative bakstri bakstrinum bökstrum bökstrunum
genitive baksturs bakstursins bakstra bakstranna

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • blautbakstur (a wet pack)
  • heitur bakstur (cataplasm, fomentation; epithema tepidum)
  • hveiti til baksturs (literally "flour for baking", pastry flour)
  • kaldur bakstur (epithema frigidum)
  • lyfjabakstur (epithema medicatum)
  • þurrabakstur

See also
  • sérbakaður
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