akr

See also: AKR and Akr

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Araki with r and k interchanged.

Symbol

akr

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Araki.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Araki terms

Gothic

Romanization

akr

1. romanization of 𐌰𐌺𐍂

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• ákr

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *akraz, whence also Old English æcer, Old High German ackar, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros.

Noun

akr m (genitive akrs, plural akrar)

1. acre
2. corn field (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Declension

Declension of akr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	akr	akrinn	akrar	akrarnir
accusative	akr	akrinn	akra	akrana
dative	akri	akrinum	ǫkrum	ǫkrunum
genitive	akrs	akrsins	akra	akranna

Descendants

• Icelandic: akur
• Faroese: akur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: åker; (dialectal) åkur, åkr
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: åker
• Old Swedish: aker
  • Swedish: åker
• Old Danish: akær
  • Danish: ager
    • Norwegian Bokmål: aker (obsolete)
• → Norman: acre

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “akr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-?

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros

Proto-Germanic *akraz

Proto-West Germanic *akr

Old English æcer

Middle English aker

English acrebor.

Polish akr

Borrowed from English acre. First attested in the 19th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈakr/

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• Rhymes: -akr
• Syllabification: akr

Noun

akr m inan (abbreviation ac)

1. acre (English unit of land area)

   akr ziemi ― an acre of land

   akr lasu ― an acre of forest

   tysiące akrów ― thousands of acres

   milion akrów ― a million acres

Declension

Declension of akr

	singular	plural
nominative	akr	akry
genitive	akra	akrów
dative	akrowi	akrom
accusative	akr	akry
instrumental	akrem	akrami
locative	akrze	akrach
vocative	akrze	akry

Further reading

• “akr”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “akr”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “akr”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 18