# bók
## Faroese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [pɔuːk]

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse bók, from Proto-Germanic *bōks, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵos.

#### Noun

bók f (genitive singular bókar, plural bøkur)
* book
    Hann tosar sum ein bók .He talks like a book.

##### Hyponyms

* bókafelag
* bókaforlag
* bókahandil
* bókahandlari
* bókahill
* bókakeyp
* bókarøð
* bókasavn
* bókasøla
* bókaummæli
* bókaútgáva
* bókavørður
* bókhald
* bókmentir

##### Related terms

* barnabók
* dagbók
* gestabók
* lummabók
* myndabók
* orðabók
* skúlabók
* yrkingabók

#### See also

* fløga

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse bók, from Proto-Germanic *bōkō.

#### Noun

bók f (genitive singular bókar, uncountable)
* beech (tree and wood)

##### Synonyms

* bókartræ

### Further reading

* "bók" at Sprotin.fo

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈboːk]
* Rhymes: -oːk

### Noun

bók (plural bókok)
* compliment
    Ezt bóknak szántad? ― You meant that as a compliment?

#### Derived terms

* bókol

### Further reading

* bók in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
* bók in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse bók, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pouːk/
    Rhymes: -ouːk

### Noun

bók f (genitive singular bókar, nominative plural bækur)
* book

#### Derived terms

* allt er á eina bókina lært, allt er á sömu bókina lært, allt er á sömu bókina læst, allt er á sömu bókina lesið
* bera saman bækur sínar
* bóka (verb)
* bókabúð, bókaverslun
* bókaforlag, bókaútgáfa
* bókaherbergi
* bókahilla
* bókari
* bókasafn n
* bókaskápur
* bókaskrá
* bókastoð
* bókavörður
* bókbindari
* bókfell
* bókfestukenning
* bókfræði
* bókfæra
* bókfærsla
* bókhald n
* bókhald
* bókhaldsreikningur
* bókhlaða
* bókhneigður
* bókmál
* bókmenntafræði
* bókmenntagrein
* bókmenntalegur
* bókmenntasaga
* bókmenntategund
* bókmenntir
* bóksali
* bókstaflega
* bókstaflegur
* bókstafstrú
* bókstafur
* bókstafur m
* dagbók
* gestabók
* hljóðbók
* lestrarbók
* læra utan bókar, kunna utan bókar
* matreiðslubók
* netbók
* orðabók f
* orðabók
* standa eins og stafur á bók
* tölvubók
* tölvuorðabók
* unglingabók
* utan bókar
* Wikiorðabók

#### See also

* doðrantur

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Old Norse bók.

### Pronunciation

* (Setesdal dialect) IPA: [bou̯ːkʰ]

### Noun

bók f (definite singular bókjí, definite singular dative bókjinn, indefinite plural bǿka, definite plural bǿkan, definite plural dative bókó)
* (dialectal, Setesdal dialect) alternative form of bok (“book”)
* (nonstandard) alternative spelling of bok (“book”)

### References

* “bók” at Vallemål.no

## Old Norse
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *bōks, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵos.

#### Noun

bók f (genitive bókar or bǿkr, plural bǿkr)
* beech (tree and wood)
* (poetic) textile fabric with figures woven in it
* book
    lesa á bókto read a book
    setja á bǿkrto set down in writing, to put on record
    heilǫg bókthe divine book, the Bible
* the Gospel
* Latin
    kenna einhverjum á bókto teach one Latin
    nema á bókto learn Latin
    setja einhverjum til bókarto put one to school
* lawbook, code of law
    Synonym: lǫgbók

##### Derived terms

* bóka (“to affirm by oath on the book (Gospel)”)
* bókafullting n (“help derived from books”)
* bókagørð f (“writing (transscription)”)
* bókakis f (“book-box”)
* bókalesning f (“reading of (Latin) books”)
* bókalestr m (“reading of (Latin) books”)
* bókalán n (“lending of books”)
* bókarblað n (“leaf of a book”)
* bókareiðr m (“an oath on the book (Gospel)”)
* bókareiðstafr m (“wording of an oath on the book (Gospel)”)
* bókargørð f (“book-writing”)
* bókarlag n (“lawful price fixed in the code”)
* bókarskeyting f (“conveyance of an estate by help of the law-book”)
* bókartak n (“the touching of the Gospel (in taking an oath)”)
* bókarverð n (“the price of a book”)
* bókarvitni n (“evidence confirmed by an oath on the book (Gospel)”)
* bókaskilningr m (“book-learning”)
* bókastóll m (“a reading desk, lectern”)
* bókfell n (“parchment, vellum”)
* bókfróðr m (“book-learned”)
* bókfrǿði f (“book-knowledge, book-lore, learning”)
* bóklauss (“bookless, unscholarly”)
* bóklaust (“by heart”)
* bóklestr m (“reading of (Latin) books”)
* bókligr (“literary”)
* bóklist f (“book-lore”)
* bóklærðr (“book-learned”)
* bókmál n (“book language; canon law”)
* bókmánaðr m (“calendar month”)
* bóknám n (“book-training, study”)
* bóknæmi n (“book-training, study”)
* bókrúnar f pl (“runes engraved on beech-wood”)
* bóksaga f (“written narrative”)
* bóksetja (“to commit to writing”)
* bókskygn (“seeing well enough to read”)
* bókspeki f (“book-knowledge, book-wisdom”)
* bókstafr m (“character, letter”)
* bóksǫgn f (“written narrative”)
* bóktal n (“the Julian Calendar”)
* bókvit n (“learning, erudition”)
* bókvíss (“book-learned”)
* bǿkiskógr m (“beech wood, forest”)
* bǿklingr m (“little book, booklet”)
* galdrabók f (“book of magic”)
* lagabók f (“law-book”)
* landnámabók f (“the history of the settlement (of Iceland)”)
* stjǫrnubók f (“book of astrology”)
* stjǫrnubókarmaðr m (“astrologer”)
* sǫngbók f (“songbook”)

##### Descendants

* Icelandic: bók f
* Faroese: bók f
* Norwegian Nynorsk: bok f
* Norwegian Bokmål: bok m or f
* Elfdalian: buok f
* Old Swedish: bōk f, ᛒᚮᚴ (Runic)
** Swedish: bok
** → Finnish: pyökki
* Old Danish: bok
** Danish: bog c
* Gutnish: bok

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *bōkō.

#### Noun

bók f
* beech (tree and wood)

##### Descendants

* Icelandic: bók f
* >? Icelandic: bæki, beyki
* Faroese: bók f
* Norwegian Nynorsk: bok f, bøk m or f
* Norwegian Bokmål: bøk m, bok m or f
* Old Swedish: bōk
** Swedish: bok c
* Danish: bog, bøg c

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “bók”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
* Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)