bikar

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪːkar/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bikarr (“large cup, beaker”).

Noun

bikar m (genitive singular bikars, nominative plural bikarar)

1. cup, beaker, goblet

   Synonym: (archaic, poetic) vínferill

2. (sports) cup (competition)

Declension

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

• 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

Verb

bikar

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

Anagrams

• barki

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

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

1. (pre-1917) alternative form of bekar

Old Norse

Noun

bikar

1. accusative singular indefinite of bikarr