kálfur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kalfr (“calf”), from Proto-Germanic *kalbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷolbʰo- (“womb, animal young”). Compare Faroese kálvur, Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish kalv, Dutch kalf, German Kalb, English calf.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰaulvʏr/

  Rhymes: -aulvʏr

Noun

kálfur m (genitive singular kálfs, nominative plural kálfar)

1. calf

Declension

declension of kálfur

m-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kálfur	kálfurinn	kálfar	kálfarnir
accusative	kálf	kálfinn	kálfa	kálfana
dative	kálfi	kálfinum	kálfum	kálfunum
genitive	kálfs	kálfsins	kálfa	kálfanna

Related terms

• kelfa (“to calve”)