fíll

See also: fill and Fill

Contents

1 Icelandic
2 Old Norse
- 2.1 Etymology
- 2.2 Noun

IcelandicEdit

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fíll

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse fíll, from Arabic فِيل‎ (fīl), from Persian ‎ (pīl).^[1]

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): [fitl]
Rhymes: -itl

Homophones: fýll

NounEdit

fíll m (genitive singular fíls, nominative plural fílar)

an elephant (Elephantidae)

DeclensionEdit

declension of fíll

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
m-s1	singular		plural
nominative	fíll	fíllinn	fílar	fílarnir
accusative	fíl	fílinn	fíla	fílana
dative	fíl	fílnum	fílum	fílunum
genitive	fíls	fílsins	fíla	fílanna

Derived termsEdit

afríkufíll (“African elephant”)
asíufíll (“Asian elephant”)

See alsoEdit

rani

ReferencesEdit

^ “On Icelandic”, in (Please provide the title of the work)‎^[1], accessed 6 September 2011, archived from the original on 8 March 2014

Old NorseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Arabic فِيل‎ (fīl), from Persian ‎ (pīl).

NounEdit

fíll m (genitive fíls, plural fílar)

elephant (Elephantidae)

DeclensionEdit

Declension of fíll (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fíll	fíllinn	fílar	fílarnir
accusative	fíl	fílinn	fíla	fílana
dative	fíli	fílinum	fílum	fílunum
genitive	fíls	fílsins	fíla	fílanna

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

Faroese: fílur m

Icelandic: fíll m

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