svartbjörn

Icelandic

Etymology

From svartur (“black”) +‎ björn (“bear”).

Noun

svartbjörn m (genitive singular svartbjarnar, nominative plural svartbirnir)

1. American black bear

Declension

declension of svartbjörn

m-s3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	svartbjörn	svartbjörninn	svartbirnir	svartbirnirnir
accusative	svartbjörn	svartbjörninn	svartbirni	svartbirnina
dative	svartbirni	svartbirninum	svartbjörnum	svartbjörnunum
genitive	svartbjarnar	svartbjarnarins	svartbjarna	svartbjarnanna

Further reading

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