Orkneyjar
Icelandic
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Orkneyjar f pl
- the Orkney Islands
Declension
declension of Orkneyjar
| f-s1 | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | Orkneyjar | Orkneyjarnar |
| accusative | Orkneyjar | Orkneyjarnar |
| dative | Orkneyjum | Orkneyjunum |
| genitive | Orkneyja | Orkneyjanna |
Derived terms
Old Norse
Etymology
Adapted from a Pictish word (perhaps from Proto-Celtic *ɸorkos (“pig”)), with a suffixed eyjar (“islands”). Compare Latin Orcades.
Proper noun
Orkneyjar f pl
- the Orkney Islands
Derived terms
Descendants
- English: Orkney, Orkneys, Orkney Islands
- Faroese: Orknoyggjar f pl
- Icelandic: Orkneyjar f pl
- Norwegian: Orknøyene (Bokmål), Orknøyane (Nynorsk) f pl
References
- “Orkneyjar”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Categories:
- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic 3-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic proper nouns
- Icelandic feminine nouns
- Icelandic pluralia tantum
- is:Islands
- Old Norse terms derived from Pictish
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse proper nouns
- Old Norse feminine nouns
- Old Norse pluralia tantum
- non:Islands