kvikr
Old Norse
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz, whence also Old English cwic, Old High German quec. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (“alive”).
Adjective
[edit]kvikr
Declension
[edit] Strong declension of kvikr
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kvikr | kvik | kvikt |
| accusative | kvikvan | kvikva | kvikt |
| dative | kvikum | kvikri | kviku |
| genitive | kviks | kvikrar | kviks |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | kvikvir | kvikvar | kvik |
| accusative | kvikva | kvikvar | kvik |
| dative | kvikum | kvikum | kvikum |
| genitive | kvikra | kvikra | kvikra |
Weak declension of kvikr
Declension of comparative of kvikr
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kvikvari | kvikvari | kvikvara |
| accusative | kvikvara | kvikvari | kvikvara |
| dative | kvikvara | kvikvari | kvikvara |
| genitive | kvikvara | kvikvari | kvikvara |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | kvikvari | kvikvari | kvikvari |
| accusative | kvikvari | kvikvari | kvikvari |
| dative | kvikurum | kvikurum | kvikurum |
| genitive | kvikvari | kvikvari | kvikvari |
Strong declension of superlative of kvikr
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kvikvastr | kvikust | kvikvast |
| accusative | kvikvastan | kvikvasta | kvikvast |
| dative | kvikustum | kvikvastri | kvikustu |
| genitive | kvikvasts | kvikvastrar | kvikvasts |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | kvikvastir | kvikvastar | kvikust |
| accusative | kvikvasta | kvikvastar | kvikust |
| dative | kvikustum | kvikustum | kvikustum |
| genitive | kvikvastra | kvikvastra | kvikvastra |
Weak declension of superlative of kvikr
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kvikvasti | kvikvasta | kvikvasta |
| accusative | kvikvasta | kvikustu | kvikvasta |
| dative | kvikvasta | kvikustu | kvikvasta |
| genitive | kvikvasta | kvikustu | kvikvasta |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | kvikustu | kvikustu | kvikustu |
| accusative | kvikustu | kvikustu | kvikustu |
| dative | kvikustum | kvikustum | kvikustum |
| genitive | kvikustu | kvikustu | kvikustu |
Derived terms
[edit]- kvikfé n, kvikfénaðr m (“live stock”)
- kvika f, kvikva f (“quick (sensitive flesh)”)
- kvikindi n, kvikvendi n, kykvendi n (“a living creature”)
- kviksetja (“to bury alive”)
- kvikudropi m (“drop of a fluid”)
- kvikvavǫðvi m (“the calf of the leg”)
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “kvikr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press