sprok

Icelandic

Etymology

Cognate with Swedish språk.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɔːk

Noun

sprok n (genitive singular sproks, nominative plural sprok)

(archaic) a language, a tongue ^syn.
Útlent sprok.
A foreign tongue.
(obsolete) locution, parlance ^syn.
Út með sprokið!
Out with it!

Declension

declension of sprok

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
n-s	singular		plural
nominative	sprok	sprokið	sprok	sprokin
accusative	sprok	sprokið	sprok	sprokin
dative	sproki	sprokinu	sprokum	sprokunum
genitive	sproks	sproksins	sproka	sprokanna

Synonyms

(language):^def. tungumál, mál, tunga
(locution):^def. talsháttur, talsmáti, orðatiltæki

Derived terms

út með sprokið! (synonymous segðu frá!, leystu frá skjóðunni!; do tell! out with it!)

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