smekkur

Icelandic
A baby wearing a bib.

Etymology

From Old Norse -smekkr (in e.g. afsmekkr, “taste”), likely borrowed from Old English smæcc, from Proto-Germanic *smakkuz, from Proto-Indo-European *smeg-. Cognate with English smack, smatch, and smake. In the sense “bib” a borrowing (ca. 1900) from Danish smække.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsmɛhkʏr/
  • Rhymes: -ɛhkʏr

Noun

smekkur m (genitive singular smekks, nominative plural smekkir)

  1. personal taste
  2. sense of taste
    Synonym: bragðskyn
  3. bib (item of clothing for babies tied around their neck to protect their clothes from getting dirty when eating)
    Synonym: hlífðardúkur

Declension
declension of smekkur
m-s2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative smekkur smekkurinn smekkir smekkirnir
accusative smekk smekkinn smekki smekkina
dative smekk smekknum smekkjum smekkjunum
genitive smekks smekksins smekkja smekkjanna

Derived terms
  • hafa smekk fyrir (to have a liking for, to have a taste for)
  • smekklegur (“tasteful, in good taste”)
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