gramúlfur
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From gramur (“fearsome beast, king, dog”) + úlfur (“wolf”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gramúlfur m (genitive singular gramúlfs, nominative plural gramúlfar)
- dire wolf, Canis dirus; (an extinct carnivorous mammal, most common in North America and South America from the Irvingtonian stage to the Rancholabrean stage of the Pleistocene epoch)
Declension edit
declension of gramúlfur
| m-s1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | gramúlfur | gramúlfurinn | gramúlfar | gramúlfarnir |
| accusative | gramúlf | gramúlfinn | gramúlfa | gramúlfana |
| dative | gramúlfi | gramúlfinum | gramúlfum | gramúlfunum |
| genitive | gramúlfs | gramúlfsins | gramúlfa | gramúlfanna |