sifjar
Icelandic
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editsifjar f pl (plurale tantum)
- family relations
Declension
editDeclension of sifjar | ||
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f-s1 | plural | |
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | sifjar | sifjarnar |
accusative | sifjar | sifjarnar |
dative | sifjum | sifjunum |
genitive | sifja | sifjanna |
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editOld Norse
editEtymology
editFrom the plural of Proto-Germanic *sibjō. Cognate with Old English sibb (“relationship; peace”).
Noun
editsifjar f pl
- a kinship; an affinity connection by marriage
Derived terms
edit- sifjaspell (“kinship defilement; incest”)
- spilla sifjum (“defile kinship; commit incest”)
References
edit- “sifjar”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic 2-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɪvjar
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic feminine nouns
- Icelandic pluralia tantum
- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse nouns
- Old Norse feminine nouns
- Old Norse pluralia tantum
- non:Family