þurrkað

þurrkað is an Icelandic term meaning "dried." It is the past participle form of the verb þurrka, to dry. As a participle, it functions as an adjective and is used to describe something that has undergone the drying process. This includes foods such as dried fish or dried herbs, as well as other materials that have been desiccated, like textiles or medicine.

In ordinary usage, þurrkað can appear attributively before a noun or predicatively after a linking verb, following Icelandic agreement rules. In dictionaries and recipes, it is often used to describe state rather than action: “produced by drying” or “consisting of dried material.” The word is part of a broader lexicon around preservation and processing, and is related to other forms derived from the same verb, such as the present participle or noun forms referring to drying and dryness (þurrkun).

Etymology: The form comes from the verb þurrka, meaning "to dry," which is of Old Norse origin and has cognates in other North Germanic languages. The word is commonly encountered in Icelandic explanations of food preservation and in descriptions of dried goods.

See also: þurrkun (dryness), þurrka (to dry).