fiðrildi
Icelandic
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse fiðrildi from the older term fífrildi, from Proto-Germanic *fifaldǭ *fīfildǭ (“butterfly”), from Proto-Indo-European *pāpel-, *pe(i)pel- (“butterfly”). The term fiðrildi came through the folk etymology that it was related to the Old Norse word fiðri (“feathers”) (compare the more modern Old Norse fiðr), from which the Icelandic fiður (“feathers, down”) came.
Cognate with Old High German fīvaltra (> Middle High German viveltre > German Falter); Old English fīfalde or fifalde; Swedish fjäril; Norwegian fivrelde or fibrelde and Latin pāpiliō.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfiðrildi n (genitive singular fiðrildis, nominative plural fiðrildi)
Declension
editdeclension of fiðrildi
n-s | singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | fiðrildi | fiðrildið | fiðrildi | fiðrildin |
accusative | fiðrildi | fiðrildið | fiðrildi | fiðrildin |
dative | fiðrildi | fiðrildinu | fiðrildum | fiðrildunum |
genitive | fiðrildis | fiðrildisins | fiðrilda | fiðrildanna |
See also
editCategories:
- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Icelandic 3-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic neuter nouns
- Icelandic countable nouns
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