lýsi
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Icelandic[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lýsi n (genitive singular lýsis, nominative plural lýsi)
- oil derived from various types of animal fat: fish liver (from shark, cod, pollock, etc.), and in earlier times also whale, seal or walrus blubber, historically used for lighting (with oil lamps), but now primarily used as a food supplement (for its content of vitamins A, D and E and omega-3 fatty acids)
Declension[edit]
declension of lýsi
Derived terms[edit]
- fisklýsi (fish oil, fish body oil)
- hákarlalýsi (shark oil)
- lifrarlýsi (fish-liver oil)
- þorskalýsi (cod-liver oil)