Eyjafjallajökull
English
Etymology
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
Proper noun
Eyjafjallajökull
Icelandic
Etymology
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”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Eyjafjallajökull m
- Eyjafjallajökull (glacier and volcano in Iceland)
Declension
declension of Eyjafjallajökull
m-s1 | singular | |
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indefinite | ||
nominative | Eyjafjallajökull | |
accusative | Eyjafjallajökul | |
dative | Eyjafjallajökli | |
genitive | Eyjafjallajökuls |
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