Orkneyjar
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Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Orkneyjar f pl
- the Orkney Islands
Declension[edit]
declension of Orkneyjar
| f-s1 | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | Orkneyjar | Orkneyjarnar |
| accusative | Orkneyjar | Orkneyjarnar |
| dative | Orkneyjum | Orkneyjunum |
| genitive | Orkneyja | Orkneyjanna |
Derived terms[edit]
Old Norse[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adapted from a Pictish word (perhaps from Proto-Celtic *ɸorkos (“pig”)), with a suffixed eyjar (“islands”). Compare Latin Orcades.
Proper noun[edit]
Orkneyjar f pl
- the Orkney Islands
Declension[edit]
Declension of Orkneyjar, (strong jō-stem, plural only)
| feminine | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | Orkneyjar | Orkneyjarnar |
| accusative | Orkneyjar | Orkneyjarnar |
| dative | Orkneyjum | Orkneyjunum |
| genitive | Orkneyja | Orkneyjanna |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Icelandic: Orkneyjar f pl
- Faroese: Orknoyggjar f pl
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Orknøyar f pl; (definite form) Orknøyane, Orknøyarne
- Norwegian Bokmål: Orknøyene m pl or f pl
- Swedish: Orknöarna c pl
- Danish: Ørkenøerne c pl
- → English: Orkney, Orkneys, Orkney Islands
References[edit]
- “Orkneyjar”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Categories:
- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic 3-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic proper nouns
- Icelandic feminine nouns
- Icelandic pluralia tantum
- is:Islands
- Old Norse terms derived from Pictish
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse proper nouns
- Old Norse feminine nouns
- Old Norse pluralia tantum
- Old Norse jō-stem nouns
- non:Islands