jökull – Icelandic noun declension

Icelandic noun forms of jökull

Noun: jökull
Gender: m
Declension:

Nominative

Sg. Indef.jökull
Sg. Def.jökullinn
Pl. Indef.jöklar
Pl. Def.jöklarnir

Genitive

Sg. Indef.jökuls
Sg. Def.jökulsins
Pl. Indef.jökla
Pl. Def.jöklanna

Dative

Sg. Indef.jökli
Sg. Def.jöklinum
Pl. Indef.jöklum
Pl. Def.jöklunum

Accusative

Sg. Indef.jökul
Sg. Def.jökulinn
Pl. Indef.jökla
Pl. Def.jöklana

Sample Sentences

  • Þar er klofsnjór á sumrum, en jökull á vetrum. (There is hip-deep snow in summer, but glacier in winter.) [1886, Benedikt Gröndal, Sagan af Heljarslóðarorrustu:]

Etymology

From Old Norse jǫkull, from Proto-Germanic *jekulaz. Diminutive of jaki (“a piece of ice, broken ice”). See: Old Norse Nouns 'jǫkull'.

Verbs referencing "jökull"

English Nouns ickle, Danish Nouns jøkel, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns jøkul, Swedish Nouns jökel, English Nouns jokul.

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