"eik" meaning in Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

IPA: /ɛɪːk/ Forms: eika [definite, singular], eiker [indefinite, plural], eikene [definite, plural]
Etymology: From Old Norse eik, from Proto-Germanic *aiks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“oak”). Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic eik, Norwegian Bokmål and Swedish ek, Danish eg, German Eiche, and English oak. Etymology templates: {{root|nn|ine-pro|*h₂eyǵ-|id=oak}}, {{inh|nn|non|eik}} Old Norse eik, {{inh|nn|gem-pro|*aiks}} Proto-Germanic *aiks, {{inh|nn|ine-pro|*h₂eyǵ-||oak|id=oak}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“oak”), {{cog|fo,is|eik}} Faroese and Icelandic eik, {{cog|nb,sv|ek}} Norwegian Bokmål and Swedish ek, {{cog|da|eg}} Danish eg, {{cog|de|Eiche}} German Eiche, {{,}} ,, {{cog|en|oak}} English oak Head templates: {{nn-noun-f1}} eik f (definite singular eika, indefinite plural eiker, definite plural eikene)
  1. an oak (oak tree of the genus Quercus) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-eik-nn-noun-G6NHvtUR
  2. oak (wood from oak trees) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-eik-nn-noun-h7wp~b5R Categories (other): Trees Disambiguation of Trees: 33 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: eiketre Derived forms: eike, eikekrone, eikenøtt

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "eike"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "eikekrone"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "eikenøtt"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₂eyǵ-",
        "id": "oak"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "eik"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse eik",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*aiks"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *aiks",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₂eyǵ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "oak",
        "id": "oak"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“oak”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo,is",
        "2": "eik"
      },
      "expansion": "Faroese and Icelandic eik",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb,sv",
        "2": "ek"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål and Swedish ek",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "eg"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish eg",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Eiche"
      },
      "expansion": "German Eiche",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": ",",
      "name": ","
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "oak"
      },
      "expansion": "English oak",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse eik, from Proto-Germanic *aiks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“oak”). Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic eik, Norwegian Bokmål and Swedish ek, Danish eg, German Eiche, and English oak.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "eika",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eiker",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eikene",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "eik f (definite singular eika, indefinite plural eiker, definite plural eikene)",
      "name": "nn-noun-f1"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
  "lang_code": "nn",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "an oak (oak tree of the genus Quercus)"
      ],
      "id": "en-eik-nn-noun-G6NHvtUR",
      "links": [
        [
          "oak",
          "oak"
        ],
        [
          "Quercus",
          "Quercus#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 67",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "nn",
          "name": "Trees",
          "orig": "nn:Trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "oak (wood from oak trees)"
      ],
      "id": "en-eik-nn-noun-h7wp~b5R",
      "links": [
        [
          "oak",
          "oak"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛɪːk/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "eiketre"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "nn:Eikeslekta"
  ],
  "word": "eik"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 10 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "nn:Trees"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "eike"
    },
    {
      "word": "eikekrone"
    },
    {
      "word": "eikenøtt"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₂eyǵ-",
        "id": "oak"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "eik"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse eik",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*aiks"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *aiks",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₂eyǵ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "oak",
        "id": "oak"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“oak”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo,is",
        "2": "eik"
      },
      "expansion": "Faroese and Icelandic eik",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb,sv",
        "2": "ek"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål and Swedish ek",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "eg"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish eg",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Eiche"
      },
      "expansion": "German Eiche",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": ",",
      "name": ","
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "oak"
      },
      "expansion": "English oak",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse eik, from Proto-Germanic *aiks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“oak”). Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic eik, Norwegian Bokmål and Swedish ek, Danish eg, German Eiche, and English oak.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "eika",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eiker",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eikene",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "eik f (definite singular eika, indefinite plural eiker, definite plural eikene)",
      "name": "nn-noun-f1"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
  "lang_code": "nn",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "an oak (oak tree of the genus Quercus)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "oak",
          "oak"
        ],
        [
          "Quercus",
          "Quercus#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "oak (wood from oak trees)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "oak",
          "oak"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛɪːk/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "eiketre"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "nn:Eikeslekta"
  ],
  "word": "eik"
}

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