kjaftur

From Old Norse kjaptr or kjǫptr (“jaw; gaping jaws”). Cf. Old Norse kjapta (“to chatter, to gabble”).

See also Icelandic kjaftur and kjafta.

kjaftur m (genitive singular kjafts, plural kjaftar)

1. mouth (of an animal), jaws
2. mouth, puss, trap
3. muzzle (of a gun etc.)

• úlvskjaftur
• hundskjaftur
• gásarkjaftur
• svartkjaftur
• undirkjaftur
• yvirkjaftur
• byrsukjaftur

• múli
• munni
• kjálki
• høka
• munnur
• muður
• vørr
• tunga
• nøs
• oyra
• hálsur
• øksl

• (obsolete): kjöftur
• (alternative spelling) (obsolete): kjaptur

• IPA^(key): /ˈcʰaftʏr/

  Rhymes: -aftʏr

kjaftur m (genitive singular kjafts, nominative plural kjaftar)

1. (of an animal) the chops, or jaws of an animals
2. (offensive) the mouth
3. (in compounds) an opening of a gun, a muzzle
4. (in compounds) about loquacious people (people who talk too much)

• (chops or jaws of an animal): kjálki m, skoltur m, gin n
• (mouth): munnur m
• (the muzzle): byssukjaftur m