Noun: fífl
Gender: n
Declension:
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | fífl |
| Sg. Def. | fíflið |
| Pl. Indef. | fífl |
| Pl. Def. | fíflin |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | fífls |
| Sg. Def. | fíflsins |
| Pl. Indef. | fífla |
| Pl. Def. | fíflanna |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | fífli |
| Sg. Def. | fíflinu |
| Pl. Indef. | fíflum |
| Pl. Def. | fíflunum |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | fífl |
| Sg. Def. | fíflið |
| Pl. Indef. | fífl |
| Pl. Def. | fíflin |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like fífl
hænsnabú,
sjampó,
smyrsl,
höfrungahlaup,
smáorð,
brennivín,
skraut,
rauðaldin,
þarfaþing,
aðgangskort,
skapahár,
villidýr,
fingurbjargarblóm,
krampaflog,
uppgjör,
tvíhljóð,
aðgangsorð,
gufustraujárn,
prakkarastrik,
baksvið, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Norse fífl, from Proto-Germanic *fimfilaz. Cognate with Icelandic fimbul- (“mighty, great”) and Old English fifel (“monster, giant”). See: Old English Nouns '
fifel'.
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