fíll

See also: fill and Fill

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fíll, from Arabic فِيل‎ (fīl), from Persian پیل‎ (pīl).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [fitl]
    Rhymes: -itl
    Homophones: fýll

Noun

fíll m (genitive singular fíls, nominative plural fílar)

  1. an elephant (Elephantidae)

Declension
declension of fíll
m-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fíll fíllinn fílar fílarnir
accusative fíl fílinn fíla fílana
dative fíl fílnum fílum fílunum
genitive fíls fílsins fíla fílanna

Derived terms

See also

References
  1. “On Icelandic”, in (Please provide the title of the work)‎, accessed 6 September 2011, archived from the original on 8 March 2014

Old Norse

Etymology

From Arabic فِيل‎ (fīl), from Persian پیل‎ (pīl).

Noun

fíll m (genitive fíls, plural fílar)

  1. elephant (Elephantidae)

Declension
  Declension of fíll (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fíll fíllinn fílar fílarnir
accusative fíl fílinn fíla fílana
dative fíli fílinum fílum fílunum
genitive fíls fílsins fíla fílanna

Derived terms
  • fílaland
  • fílbein
  • fílsbein
  • fílsbeinskanna
  • fílsleggr
  • fílstǫnn

Descendants
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