grýlukerti

Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

Likely from Grýla (“a folkloric ogress”) +‎ kerti (“candle”). Probably derived from the fact that icicles look a lot like the stalactites found in caves and that since Grýla lives in a cave she would have used them as candles.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈkriːlʏˌcʰɛr̥tɪ/

Noun edit

grýlukerti n (genitive singular grýlukertis, nominative plural grýlukerti)

icicle

Declension edit

declension of grýlukerti

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
n-s	singular		plural
nominative	grýlukerti	grýlukertið	grýlukerti	grýlukertin
accusative	grýlukerti	grýlukertið	grýlukerti	grýlukertin
dative	grýlukerti	grýlukertinu	grýlukertum	grýlukertunum
genitive	grýlukertis	grýlukertisins	grýlukerta	grýlukertanna