nykur

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse nykr, from Proto-Germanic *nikwiz-, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *nigʷ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈniːkʊɹ]

  Rhymes: -iːkʊɹ

Noun

nykur m (genitive singular nyks, plural nykar)

1. (mythology) a water-demon, the nixie, the nick; (mostly appearing as a grey horse-like creature with inverted hoofs and forward fetlocks that emerges from lakes)

Declension

Declension of nykur
m6	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	nykur	nykurin	nykar	nykarnir
accusative	nyk	nykin	nykar	nykarnar
dative	nyki	nykinum	nykum	nykunum
genitive	nyks	nyksins	nyka	nykanna

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse nykr, cognates with the German Nix, Nixe and Nixie from the Middle High German nickes, from Old High German nihhus (“water-elf, crocodile”). Cognate with Old English nicor (“water-elf, hippopotamus, walrus”) (English nicker) and Swedish Näcken.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɪːk(ʰ)ʏr]

  Rhymes: -ɪːkʏr

Noun

nykur m (genitive singular nykurs, nominative plural nykrar)

1. (mythology) a water-demon, the nixie, the nick; (mostly appearing as a grey horse-like creature with inverted hoofs and forward fetlocks that emerges from lakes)

Synonyms

• (nixie): nennir, nóni, vatnaskratti, kumbur, vatnahestur

Derived terms

• nykur- (“dual”)
• nykurbundin (“dual bundle”)
• nykurferill (“dual curve”)
• nykurfærsla (“dual transformation”)
• nykurgrind (“dual lattice”)
• nykurgrunnur (“dual basis”)
• nykurgrúpa (“character group, dual abelian group, dual group”)
• nykurlögmál (“duality, duality principle, principle of duality”)
• nykurnet (“dual graph, medial graph”)
• nykurríki (“dual category, opposite category”)
• nykurrúm (“adjoint space, conjugate space, dual space, dual vector space”)
• nykursetning (“dual theorem”)
• nykurslétta (“dual projective plane”)
• nykurtala (“dual number”)
• nykurvarpslétta (“dual projective plane”)
• nykurvensl (“duality”)
• nykurverkefni (“dual problem”)
• nykurvirki (“dual operator”)
• nykurvíxlgrúpa (“dual abelian group”)
• nykurvörpun (“dual mapping”)