jálkur

Icelandic

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse jalkr (“gelding; castrated horse”).

Noun

jálkur m (genitive singular jálks, nominative plural jálkar)

1. hackney, jade (horse too old to be put to work)

Declension

declension of jálkur

m-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	jálkur	jálkurinn	jálkar	jálkarnir
accusative	jálk	jálkinn	jálka	jálkana
dative	jálki	jálkinum	jálkum	jálkunum
genitive	jálks	jálksins	jálka	jálkanna

Further reading

• “jálkur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)