Icelandic

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Etymology

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A late 20th century neologism designed to make a calque of English diskette. From diskur (disk) +‎ -lingur (-et, -ette).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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disklingur m (genitive singular disklings, nominative plural disklingar)

  1. diskette, floppy disk

Declension

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    Declension of disklingur
m-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative disklingur disklingurinn disklingar disklingarnir
accusative diskling disklinginn disklinga disklingana
dative disklingi disklingnum disklingum disklingunum
genitive disklings disklingsins disklinga disklinganna

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