disklingur

Icelandic

Etymology

A late 20th century neologism designed to make a calque of English diskette. From diskur (“disk”) +‎ -lingur (“-et, -ette”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtɪskliŋkʏr/

Noun

disklingur m (genitive singular disklings, nominative plural disklingar)

  1. diskette, floppy disk

Declension
declension of disklingur
m-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative disklingur disklingurinn disklingar disklingarnir
accusative diskling disklinginn disklinga disklingana
dative disklingi disklingnum disklingum disklingunum
genitive disklings disklingsins disklinga disklinganna

Synonyms
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