"jólakaka" meaning in Icelandic

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Noun

Etymology: Literally, “Christmas cake”, a name which was used to refer to fruitcakes which were once (but not anymore) often served during Christmas in Iceland. The name may have carried over to raisin pound cakes since they look somewhat similar and include raisins. Etymology templates: {{m-g|Christmas cake}} “Christmas cake”, {{lit|Christmas cake}} Literally, “Christmas cake” Head templates: {{is-noun|@@}} jólakaka f (genitive singular jólaköku, nominative plural jólakökur) Inflection templates: {{is-ndecl|@kak}} Forms: jólaköku [genitive, singular], jólakökur [nominative, plural], feminine [table-tags], jólakaka [indefinite, nominative, singular], jólakakan [definite, nominative, singular], jólakökur [indefinite, nominative, plural], jólakökurnar [definite, nominative, plural], jólaköku [accusative, indefinite, singular], jólakökuna [accusative, definite, singular], jólakökur [accusative, indefinite, plural], jólakökurnar [accusative, definite, plural], jólaköku [dative, indefinite, singular], jólakökunni [dative, definite, singular], jólakökum [dative, indefinite, plural], jólakökunum [dative, definite, plural], jólaköku [genitive, indefinite, singular], jólakökunnar [definite, genitive, singular], jólakakna [genitive, indefinite, plural], jólakaka [genitive, indefinite, plural], jólakaknanna [definite, genitive, plural], jólakakanna [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. raisin pound cake Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Cakes and pastries
    Sense id: en-jólakaka-is-noun-nbqQig8~ Disambiguation of Cakes and pastries: 71 23 6
  2. (obsolete unless when used with the clarifier “ensk jólakaka”) fruit cake Tags: feminine Synonyms: ávaxtakaka
    Sense id: en-jólakaka-is-noun-DDumwuEB Categories (other): Icelandic entries with incorrect language header, Icelandic nouns declined using scraped base declensions, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Icelandic entries with incorrect language header: 6 79 16 Disambiguation of Icelandic nouns declined using scraped base declensions: 25 59 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 80 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 80 16
  3. (when describing foreign customs) any cake typically served during Christmas Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-jólakaka-is-noun-jZuYejPK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: sandkaka (english: pound cake), bla bla jólakaka 
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    },
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      "form": "feminine",
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        "table-tags"
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        "inflection-template"
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    {
      "form": "jólakaka",
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      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "jólakakan",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jólakökur",
      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "jólakökurnar",
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        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
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      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
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        "plural"
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      "form": "jólakakanna",
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      ]
    }
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        "1": "@@"
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    }
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  "lang": "Icelandic",
  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "pound cake",
      "word": "sandkaka"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    }
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          "name": "Cakes and pastries",
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          "parents": [
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            "Foods",
            "Eating",
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            "Human behaviour",
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            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
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        "raisin pound cake"
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          "pound cake",
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      "tags": [
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          "ensk",
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        [
          "fruit cake",
          "fruit cake"
        ]
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        "(obsolete unless when used with the clarifier “ensk jólakaka”) fruit cake"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "ávaxtakaka"
        }
      ],
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        "feminine"
      ]
    },
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        "any cake typically served during Christmas"
      ],
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        "(when describing foreign customs) any cake typically served during Christmas"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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    }
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  "wikipedia": [
    "fruitcake"
  ],
  "word": "jólakaka"
}

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    "Icelandic nouns declined using scraped base declensions",
    "Icelandic terms with redundant head parameter",
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      "form": "jólakökunni",
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      "form": "jólakökum",
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        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
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        "plural"
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}

Download raw JSONL data for jólakaka meaning in Icelandic (3.8kB)

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