þoka

See also: yoka, yōka, and Þoka

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse þoka, cognate with Danish tåge, Norwegian Bokmål tåke, Swedish töcken, Middle Low German dake, Old English *þuh (from geþuxian (“to become dark, cloudy”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈθɔːka/
    Rhymes: -ɔːka

Noun

þoka f (genitive singular þoku, nominative plural þokur)

  1. fog, mist

Declension
declension of þoka
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative þoka þokan þokur þokurnar
accusative þoku þokuna þokur þokurnar
dative þoku þokunni þokum þokunum
genitive þoku þokunnar þoka/þokna þokanna/þoknanna

Derived terms

See also
  • þokast

Old Norse

Etymology

Cognate with Danish tåge, Norwegian tåke, Swedish töcken and tjocka, Middle Low German dake, Old English *þuh (from geþuxian (“to become dark, cloudy”).

Pronunciation
  • (9th century West Norse) IPA(key): /ˈθokɑ/
  • (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈθokɑ/

Noun

þoka f (genitive þoku, plural þokur)

  1. fog, mist

Declension
  Declension of þoka (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative þoka þokan þokur þokurnar
accusative þoku þokuna þokur þokurnar
dative þoku þokunni þokum þokunum
genitive þoku þokunnar þoka, þokna þoka, þoknanna

Descendants
  • Icelandic: þoka
  • Faroese: toka
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tåke
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tåke
  • Old Swedish: thoka, thoki, thøkn
  • Old Danish: thokæ (later thoghæ)
    • Danish: tåge
    • Scanian: tága (f. var. A), táge (f. var. E)
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