sjeikur in Faroese

IPA: /ˈʃaiːkʊɹ/ [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Arabic شَيْخ (šayḵ, “sheikh”). Etymology templates: {{der|fo|ar|شَيْخ||sheikh}} Arabic شَيْخ (šayḵ, “sheikh”) Head templates: {{head|fo|noun|g=m|head=}} sjeikur m, {{fo-noun|m|sjeiks|sjeikar}} sjeikur m (genitive singular sjeiks, plural sjeikar) Inflection templates: {{fo-decl-noun-m6|sjeik}} Forms: sjeiks [genitive, singular], sjeikar [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], sjeikur [indefinite, nominative, singular], sjeikurin [definite, nominative, singular], sjeikar [indefinite, nominative, plural], sjeikarnir [definite, nominative, plural], sjeik [accusative, indefinite, singular], sjeikin [accusative, definite, singular], sjeikar [accusative, indefinite, plural], sjeikarnar [accusative, definite, plural], sjeiki [dative, indefinite, singular], sjeikinum [dative, definite, singular], sjeikum [dative, indefinite, plural], sjeikunum [dative, definite, plural], sjeiks [genitive, indefinite, singular], sjeiksins [definite, genitive, singular], sjeika [genitive, indefinite, plural], sjeikanna [definite, genitive, plural]

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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃaiːkʊɹ/"
    }
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}

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        "(Arabic) sheikh"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃaiːkʊɹ/"
    }
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}

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"sjeikur" meaning in Faroese

Noun