vökvi

See also: vǫkvi

Icelandic

Etymology

Cognate to Latin ūvidus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wegʷ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvœːkvɪ/

  Rhymes: -œːkvɪ

Noun

vökvi m (genitive singular vökva, nominative plural vökvar)

1. liquid

Declension

declension of vökvi

m-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vökvi	vökvinn	vökvar	vökvarnir
accusative	vökva	vökvann	vökva	vökvana
dative	vökva	vökvanum	vökvum	vökvunum
genitive	vökva	vökvans	vökva	vökvanna

Derived terms

• blóðvökvi

Further reading

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