kex in Icelandic

IPA: /cʰɛks/, /cʰɛxs/ [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Borrowed from Danish kiks (“cracker”) (older keks), in turn borrowed from English cakes, plural of cake, Middle English cake, kake, which was itself borrowed from the ancestor of Icelandic, Old Norse: kex is therefore a doublet of kaka. Further back from Proto-Germanic *kakǭ. Etymology templates: {{bor+|is|da|kiks||cracker}} Borrowed from Danish kiks (“cracker”), {{der|is|en|cakes}} English cakes, {{der|is|enm|cake}} Middle English cake, {{doublet|is|kaka|nocap=1}} doublet of kaka, {{der|is|gem-pro|*kakǭ}} Proto-Germanic *kakǭ Head templates: {{is-noun|@@}} kex n (genitive singular kex, nominative plural kex) Inflection templates: {{is-ndecl|n}} Forms: kex [genitive, singular], kex [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], kex [indefinite, nominative, singular], kexið [definite, nominative, singular], kex [indefinite, nominative, plural], kexin [definite, nominative, plural], kex [accusative, indefinite, singular], kexið [accusative, definite, singular], kex [accusative, indefinite, plural], kexin [accusative, definite, plural], kexi [dative, indefinite, singular], kexinu [dative, definite, singular], kexum [dative, indefinite, plural], kexunum [dative, definite, plural], kex [genitive, indefinite, singular], kexins [definite, genitive, singular], kexa [genitive, indefinite, plural], kexanna [definite, genitive, plural]

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "da",
        "3": "kiks",
        "4": "",
        "5": "cracker"
      },
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      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "cakes"
      },
      "expansion": "English cakes",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "cake"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English cake",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "kaka",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "doublet of kaka",
      "name": "doublet"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*kakǭ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *kakǭ",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Danish kiks (“cracker”) (older keks), in turn borrowed from English cakes, plural of cake, Middle English cake, kake, which was itself borrowed from the ancestor of Icelandic, Old Norse: kex is therefore a doublet of kaka. Further back from Proto-Germanic *kakǭ.",
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    {
      "form": "kex",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kex",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "form": "is-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "kex",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kexið",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
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        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "kexi",
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        "plural"
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      "form": "kexunum",
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        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "kex",
      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kexins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kexa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kexanna",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "@@"
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  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
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        },
        {
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        },
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          "_dis": "4 15 3 45 17 13 2 1",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        {
          "_dis": "3 15 2 38 25 15 1 1",
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        }
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        {
          "word": "beinakex"
        },
        {
          "word": "hafrakex"
        },
        {
          "word": "hermannakex"
        },
        {
          "word": "ískex"
        },
        {
          "word": "kexbrauð"
        },
        {
          "word": "kexkaka"
        },
        {
          "word": "kexkassi"
        },
        {
          "word": "kexpakki"
        },
        {
          "word": "kexruglaður"
        },
        {
          "word": "kextunna"
        },
        {
          "word": "kexverksmiðja"
        },
        {
          "word": "kremkex"
        },
        {
          "word": "kúakex"
        },
        {
          "word": "megrunarkex"
        },
        {
          "word": "mjólkurkex"
        },
        {
          "word": "ostakex"
        },
        {
          "word": "rúgkex"
        },
        {
          "word": "saltkex"
        },
        {
          "word": "sjómannskex"
        },
        {
          "word": "skipakex"
        },
        {
          "word": "skipskex"
        },
        {
          "word": "skútukex"
        },
        {
          "word": "sódakex"
        },
        {
          "word": "súkkulaðikex"
        },
        {
          "word": "tekex"
        },
        {
          "word": "þurrkex"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cookie, cracker, (UK) biscuit"
      ],
      "id": "en-kex-is-noun-8hDkPRUs",
      "links": [
        [
          "cookie",
          "cookie"
        ],
        [
          "cracker",
          "cracker"
        ],
        [
          "biscuit",
          "biscuit"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/cʰɛks/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/cʰɛxs/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kex"
}

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{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "beinakex"
    },
    {
      "word": "hafrakex"
    },
    {
      "word": "hermannakex"
    },
    {
      "word": "ískex"
    },
    {
      "word": "kexbrauð"
    },
    {
      "word": "kexkaka"
    },
    {
      "word": "kexkassi"
    },
    {
      "word": "kexpakki"
    },
    {
      "word": "kexruglaður"
    },
    {
      "word": "kextunna"
    },
    {
      "word": "kexverksmiðja"
    },
    {
      "word": "kremkex"
    },
    {
      "word": "kúakex"
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    {
      "word": "megrunarkex"
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      "word": "mjólkurkex"
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    {
      "word": "ostakex"
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    {
      "word": "rúgkex"
    },
    {
      "word": "saltkex"
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    {
      "word": "sjómannskex"
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    {
      "word": "skipakex"
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    {
      "word": "skipskex"
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    {
      "word": "skútukex"
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      "word": "sódakex"
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    {
      "word": "súkkulaðikex"
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    {
      "word": "tekex"
    },
    {
      "word": "þurrkex"
    }
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        "3": "kiks",
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        "5": "cracker"
      },
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      "name": "bor+"
    },
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      "name": "der"
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        "1": "is",
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      "name": "der"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Danish kiks (“cracker”) (older keks), in turn borrowed from English cakes, plural of cake, Middle English cake, kake, which was itself borrowed from the ancestor of Icelandic, Old Norse: kex is therefore a doublet of kaka. Further back from Proto-Germanic *kakǭ.",
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    {
      "form": "kex",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kex",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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      "form": "kexið",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kex",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "indefinite",
        "singular"
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      "form": "kexið",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "kex",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kexin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kexi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kexinu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kexum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kexunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kex",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kexins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kexa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kexanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      },
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    }
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  "lang": "Icelandic",
  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Icelandic doublets",
        "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Icelandic lemmas",
        "Icelandic neuter nouns",
        "Icelandic nouns",
        "Icelandic terms borrowed from Danish",
        "Icelandic terms derived from Danish",
        "Icelandic terms derived from English",
        "Icelandic terms derived from Middle English",
        "Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Icelandic terms with redundant head parameter",
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
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      "glosses": [
        "cookie, cracker, (UK) biscuit"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cookie",
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        ],
        [
          "cracker",
          "cracker"
        ],
        [
          "biscuit",
          "biscuit"
        ]
      ],
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        "neuter"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/cʰɛks/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/cʰɛxs/"
    }
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  "word": "kex"
}

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"kex" meaning in Icelandic

Noun