nashyrningur
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Faroese[edit]
Noun[edit]
nashyrningur m (genitive singular nashyrnings, plural nashyrningar)
Declension[edit]
Declension of nashyrningur | ||||
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m6 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | nashyrningur | nashyrningurin | nashyrningar | nashyrningarnir |
accusative | nashyrning | nashyrningin | nashyrningar | nashyrningarnar |
dative | nashyrningi | nashyrninginum | nashyrningum | nashyrningunum |
genitive | nashyrnings | nashyrningsins | nashyrninga | nashyrninganna |
Further reading[edit]
- "nashyrningur" at Sprotin.fo
Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From nös (“nostril”), plural nasir (“nose”) + horn (“horn”) + -ingur, a calque of Ancient Greek ῥινόκερως (rhinókerōs). Compare Danish næsehorn etc.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
nashyrningur m (genitive singular nashyrnings, nominative plural nashyrningar)
- rhinoceros
- 1967 (text composed in the late 18th century), Bibliotheca Arnamagnæana, vol. XXIX: Opuscula, page 152. [1]
- Skúrni þad er dyrs nafn i Eddu þulum, enn i einhvỏrri ligasogu gamallri nefniz skurni stort dyr sem þar syniz ej annad kunna ad vera enn nashyrningur edur einhyrningur.
- Skúrni that is an animal’s name in the Edda rhymes, and in some old mendacious tale a large animal is called skurni which there seems like it can be nothing other than a rhinoceros or unicorn.
- 1967 (text composed in the late 18th century), Bibliotheca Arnamagnæana, vol. XXIX: Opuscula, page 152. [1]
Declension[edit]
declension of nashyrningur
m-s1 | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | nashyrningur | nashyrningurinn | nashyrningar | nashyrningarnir |
accusative | nashyrning | nashyrninginn | nashyrninga | nashyrningana |
dative | nashyrningi | nashyrningnum | nashyrningum | nashyrningunum |
genitive | nashyrnings | nashyrningsins | nashyrninga | nashyrninganna |
Further reading[edit]
- “nashyrningur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Categories:
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese nouns
- Faroese masculine nouns
- fo:Rhinoceroses
- Icelandic compound terms
- Icelandic terms suffixed with -ingur
- Icelandic terms calqued from Ancient Greek
- Icelandic terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Icelandic 4-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic masculine nouns
- Icelandic countable nouns
- Icelandic terms with quotations
- is:Rhinoceroses