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fiskur
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Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.
Pronunciation
Noun
fiskur m (genitive singular fisks, plural fiskar)
Declension
Derived terms
- botnfiskur
- fiskafjøður
- fiskaflak
- fiskahjallur
- fiskaknetti
- fiskaolja
- fiskapláss
- fiskaslag
- fiskastovnur
- fiskasøla
- fiskiskip
- fiskiveiða
- fiskivinna
- havfiskur
- klippfiskur
- kongafiskur
- kúfiskur
- reyðfiskur
- saltfiskur
- smáfiskur
- uppsjóvarfiskur
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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.
Pronunciation
Noun
fiskur m (genitive singular fisks, nominative plural fiskar)
Declension
Derived terms
- ekki upp á marga fiska
- fiskibolla
- hér liggur fiskur undir steini
- hvorki fugl né fiskur
- krossfiskur
- saltfiskur
- vaxa fiskur um hrygg
References
- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
- Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “fiskur”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
- Mörður Árnason (2019), Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
- Málfarsbankinn [Idiom bank] (in Icelandic), (Can we date this quote?): “Fiskur: þgf.et. fisk eða fiski, m.gr. fisk(i)num, ef.et. fisks. ― Fiskur: dat. sg. fisk or fiski, def. fisk(i)num, gen. sg. fisks.”
- “fiskur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
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