søkka

See also: sokka, sokká, and sökka

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse søkkva, from Proto-Germanic *sinkwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷ- (“to sink, to drop”).

Verb

søkka (third person singular past indicative sakk, søkk, third person plural past indicative sukku, supine sokkið) (intransitive)

  1. to sink

Conjugation
   Conjugation of søkka
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infinitive søkka
present participle søkkandi
past participle a34 sokkin
supine sokkið
number singular plural
person first second third all
indicative eg tú hann/hon/tað vit, tit, teir/tær/tey, tygum
present søkki søkkur søkkur søkka
past sakk sakst sakk sukku
imperative – tú – tit
present — søkk! — søkkið!

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse søkkva.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /²sœkːɑ/

Verb

søkka (present tense søkk, past tense sokk, past participle sokke, present participle søkkande, imperative søkk)

  1. (intransitive) to sink
    Skipet sokk etter å ha råka eit isfjell.
    The ship sank after hitting an iceberg.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsœkːɑ/

Noun

søkka n

  1. definite plural of søkk

Etymology 3

From Old Norse søkkja.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /²sœkːɑ/

Verb

søkka (present tense søkker, past tense søkkte, past participle søkkt, present participle søkkande, imperative søkk)

  1. (transitive) to sink
    Skipet vart søkkt av ein torpedo.
    The ship was sunk by a torpedo.
Synonyms

References
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