tordýfill

Icelandic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *turdawibilaz. torð- ("excrement", cognate with turd) and yfill (an old word for beetle), the whole word going through a series of changes and folk etymology.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰɔrtiːvɪl̥/

Noun

tordýfill m (genitive singular tordýfils, nominative plural tordýflar)

1. scarab

Declension

declension of tordýfill

m-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tordýfill	tordýfillinn	tordýflar	tordýflarnir
accusative	tordýfil	tordýfilinn	tordýfla	tordýflana
dative	tordýfli	tordýflinum	tordýflum	tordýflunum
genitive	tordýfils	tordýfilsins	tordýfla	tordýflanna

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)