fiðrildi

Icelandic

Etymology

From 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

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪðrɪltɪ/

Noun

fiðrildi n (genitive singular fiðrildis, nominative plural fiðrildi)

1. butterfly

Declension

declension of fiðrildi

n-s	singular		plural
	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

• melur, mölur