merking
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editmerking (plural merkings)
- A mermaid king; the king of the merfolk.
- 2002, Sarah Hines Stephen, Hans Christian Andersen, The Little Mermaid: And Other Stories:
- The merking's castle stood in the very deepest spot. The palace walls were made of coral. The roof was oyster shells. And the windows stood open to let the fish swim in and out.
Icelandic
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editmerking f (genitive singular merkingar, nominative plural merkingar)
Declension
edit| Declension of merking | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| f-s1 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | merking | merkingin | merkingar | merkingarnar |
| accusative | merkingu | merkinguna | merkingar | merkingarnar |
| dative | merkingu | merkingunni | merkingum | merkingunum |
| genitive | merkingar | merkingarinnar | merkinga | merkinganna |
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “merking” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Categories:
- English terms prefixed with mer-
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with quotations
- en:Merpeople
- Icelandic terms suffixed with -ing
- Icelandic 2-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛr̥ciŋk
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛr̥ciŋk/2 syllables
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic feminine nouns
- Icelandic countable nouns
- Icelandic uncountable nouns