píka
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpiːka]
- Rhymes: -iːka
- Hyphenation: pí‧ka
Declension
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Alternative forms
Derived terms
- od píky
Related terms
Faroese
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpʰʊiːka/
- Rhymes: -ʊiːka
Declension
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Synonyms
- genta f
Icelandic
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value). Compare the Danish pige (“girl”) and Swedish piga (“maid”). Its origin in Icelandic is not certain as it occurs in Norway for the first time around 14th century and in Icelandic in the 15th century.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpʰiːka/
- Rhymes: -iːka
Noun
píka f (genitive singular píku, nominative plural píkur)
Declension
| f-w1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | píkan | píkur | píkurnar |
| accusative | píku | píkuna | píkur | píkurnar |
| dative | píku | píkunni | píkum | píkunum |
| genitive | píku | píkunnar | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | píkanna/píknanna |
Derived terms
- afturbatapíka
- dándipíka
- dándispíka
- hefðarpíka
- heiðurspíka
- herbergispíka
- píkuskrækur
- stofupíka
- yngispíka
- þjónustupíka
See also
Old Norse
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Finnish piika.
Noun
píka f (genitive píku, plural píkur)
Usage notes
- The usage of this word, when referring to a girl or a young woman is quite rare and is hardly used of a gentlewoman.
Declension
| feminine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | píkan | píkur | píkurnar |
| accusative | píku | píkuna | píkur | píkurnar |
| dative | píku | píkunni | píkum | píkunum |
| genitive | píku | píkunnar | píkna | píknanna |
Quotations
- From The Saga of Thorstein, Viking's Son
- Sveinninn nefndist Herrauðr, en píkan Herríðr, "Hefi ek týnt gulli mínu," segir hún. "Veit ek þat muni Sindra, föður mínum, illa líka.22. Þorsteinn fann Sindra dverg
- The boy called himself Herraud, and the girl Herrid. Said she: I have lost my gold ring, and I know this will make my father, Sindre, cross.The Saga of Thorstein Viking's Son- Chapter XXII
- Sveinninn nefndist Herrauðr, en píkan Herríðr, "Hefi ek týnt gulli mínu," segir hún. "Veit ek þat muni Sindra, föður mínum, illa líka.22. Þorsteinn fann Sindra dverg