slippur

Icelandic

Etymology

Probably from German Schlippe (“narrow passage, alley”, literally “something to slip into”), from Middle Low German slippen, from Old Saxon *slīpan, from Proto-West Germanic *slīpan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈstlɪhpʏr]

  Rhymes: -ɪhpʏr

  Homophones: slyppur

Noun

slippur m (genitive singular slipps, nominative plural slippir)

1. shipyard

Declension

declension of slippur

m-s2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	slippur	slippurinn	slippir	slippirnir
accusative	slipp	slippinn	slippi	slippina
dative	slipp	slippnum	slippum	slippunum
genitive	slipps	slippsins	slippa	slippanna