jökulhlaup
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Icelandic jökulhlaup (“glacier burst”).
Noun edit
jökulhlaup (plural jökulhlaups)
- A subglacial outburst flood; a sudden release of water from a subglacial lake.
French edit
Etymology edit
From Icelandic jökulhlaup (“glacier burst”).
Noun edit
jökulhlaup m (plural jökulhlaups)
Further reading edit
- “jökulhlaup”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From jökull (“glacier”) + hlaup (“running, flood”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
jökulhlaup n (genitive singular jökulhlaups, nominative plural jökulhlaup)
- A subglacial outburst flood, a run-off from a subglacial eruption, a debacle
Declension edit
declension of jökulhlaup
n-s | singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | jökulhlaup | jökulhlaupið | jökulhlaup | jökulhlaupin |
accusative | jökulhlaup | jökulhlaupið | jökulhlaup | jökulhlaupin |
dative | jökulhlaupi | jökulhlaupinu | jökulhlaupum | jökulhlaupunum |
genitive | jökulhlaups | jökulhlaupsins | jökulhlaupa | jökulhlaupanna |