visk

See also: віск

Albanian

Etymology

Possibly ultimately from South Slavic, compare Bulgarian вискам (viskam, “to whine”), dialectal виск (visk, “shriek”). Alternatively from Visk, hypocoristic of Vinçenc (“Vincent”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvisk/
• Rhymes: -isk

Noun

visk m (plural visqe) (regional)

1. donkey foal, donkey colt

   Synonym: kërriç

Derived terms

• viskë

 

References

• “vis/k,~ku”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980, page 2169a
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “visk”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 558a
• Leotti, Angelo (1916) “visk-u”, in L'albanese parlato (in Italian), Milan: U. Hoepli, page 184
• Weigand, Gustav (1914) “visk-u”, in Albanesisch–deutsches und deutsch–albanesisches Wörterbuch (in German), Leipzig: J. A. Barth, page 100a
• Kristoforidhi, Kostandin (1904) “βίσκ-ου”, in Λεξικὸν τῆς Ἀλβανικῆς γλώσσης [Lexikòn tês Albanikês glṓssēs] (in Greek), Athens, page 31
• Meyer, G. (1891) “visk”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 473
• Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “visk”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 509

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʋesɡ̊]
• Homophone: hvisk

Etymology 1

From Old Danish visk m, Old Norse visk f, from Proto-Germanic *wiskaz, *wiskō (“bundle of hay”), cognate with German Wisch, Dutch wis.

Noun

visk c (singular definite visken, plural indefinite viske)

1. wisp of straw

Declension

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	visk	visken	viske	viskene
genitive	visks	viskens	viskes	viskenes

Declension of visk

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

visk

1. imperative of viske

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse visk, from Proto-Germanic *wiskō, a variant of *wiskaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɪsk/
• Rhymes: -ɪsk

Noun

visk f (genitive singular viskar, nominative plural viskar)

1. bundle of hay; wisp

   Synonyms: vöndull, knippi, hneppi

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	visk	viskin	viskar	viskarnar
accusative	visk	viskina	viskar	viskarnar
dative	visk	viskinni	viskum	viskunum
genitive	viskar	viskarinnar	viska	viskanna

Declension of visk (feminine)

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

visk

1. imperative of viske

Old Saxon

Noun

visk m

1. Alternative form of fisk