walkiria

Italian

Noun

walkiria f (plural walkirie)

1. Alternative spelling of valchiria

Polish

Etymology

From Old Norse valkyrja (“chooser of the slain”), from valr (“the slain”) + kyrja (“chooser”), from kjósa (“to choose”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /valˈki.rja/

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• Rhymes: -irja
• Syllabification: wal‧ki‧ria

Noun

walkiria f

1. (Norse mythology) valkyrie (any of the female attendants of Odin, figures said to guide fallen warriors from the battlefield to Valhalla)

   Hypernym: bogini

Declension

Declension of walkiria

	singular	plural
nominative	walkiria	walkirie
genitive	walkirii	walkirii/walkiryj (archaic)
dative	walkirii	walkiriom
accusative	walkirię	walkirie
instrumental	walkirią	walkiriami
locative	walkirii	walkiriach
vocative	walkirio	walkirie

Related terms

noun

• Walhalla

 

Further reading

• walkiria in Polish dictionaries at PWN