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bikar

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Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse bikarr (large cup, beaker).

Noun

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bikar m (genitive singular bikars, nominative plural bikarar)

  1. cup, beaker, goblet
    Synonym: (archaic, poetic) vínferill
  2. (sports) cup (competition)
Declension
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Declension of bikar (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bikar bikarinn bikarar bikararnir
accusative bikar bikarinn bikara bikarana
dative bikar bikarnum bikurum bikurunum
genitive bikars bikarsins bikara bikaranna

References

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  • Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “bikar”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies

Etymology 2

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Verb

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bikar

  1. second-person singular present indicative of bika
  2. third-person singular present indicative of bika

Anagrams

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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bìkar m (definite singular bìkaren, indefinite plural bìkarar, definite plural bìkararne or bìkarane)

  1. (pre-1917) alternative form of bekar

Old Norse

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Noun

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bikar

  1. accusative singular indefinite of bikarr