Eyjafjallajökull
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Icelandic Eyjafjallajökull (literally “glacier of the Eyjafjöll”), where Eyjafjöll (literally “mountains of the islands”) is the name given to the southern side of the massif.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editEyjafjallajökull
Icelandic
editEtymology
editFrom Eyjafjalla (genitive of Eyjafjöll, name of the southern side of the massif, literally “mountains [fjöll] of the islands [eyja, genitive plural of ey]”) + jökull (“glacier”), literally “glacier of the (mountains of the islands)”.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editEyjafjallajökull m
- Eyjafjallajökull (glacier and volcano in Iceland)
Declension
editdeclension of Eyjafjallajökull
m-s1 | singular | |
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indefinite | ||
nominative | Eyjafjallajökull | |
accusative | Eyjafjallajökul | |
dative | Eyjafjallajökli | |
genitive | Eyjafjallajökuls |
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