Eyjafjallajökull
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Icelandic Eyjafjallajökull (literally “glacier of the Eyjafjöll”), where Eyjafjöll (literally “mountains of the islands”) is the name given to the southern side of the massif.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Eyjafjallajökull
Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Eyjafjalla (genitive of Eyjafjöll, name of the southern side of the massif, literally “mountains [fjöll] of the islands [eyja, genitive plural of ey]”) + jökull (“glacier”), literally “glacier of the (mountains of the islands)”.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Eyjafjallajökull m
- Eyjafjallajökull (glacier and volcano in Iceland)
Declension[edit]
declension of Eyjafjallajökull
m-s1 | singular | |
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indefinite | ||
nominative | Eyjafjallajökull | |
accusative | Eyjafjallajökul | |
dative | Eyjafjallajökli | |
genitive | Eyjafjallajökuls |
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