fífill

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fífill.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfiːvɪtl/
• Rhymes: -iːvɪtl

Noun

fífill m (genitive singular fífils, nominative plural fíflar)

1. dandelion (genus Taraxacum)

Declension

Declension of fífill (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fífill	fífillinn	fíflar	fíflarnir
accusative	fífil	fífilinn	fífla	fíflana
dative	fífli	fíflinum	fíflum	fíflunum
genitive	fífils	fífilsins	fífla	fíflanna

Derived terms

• brekkufífill (“Hieracium macrocomum”)
• fagurfífill (“daisy (Bellis perennis)”)
• fellafífill (“alpine hawkweed (Hieracium alpinum)”)
• fjalldalafífill (“water avens (Geum rivale)”)
• glitfífill (“dahlia”)
• glæsifífill (“Hieracium elegantiforme”)
• hjartafífill (“marsh hawksbeard, Crepis paludosa”)
• hóffífill (“coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara”)
• íslandsfífill (“Icelandic hawkweed, Pilosella floribunda”)
• jakobsfífill (“alpine fleabane, Erigeron alpiniformis”)
• krossfífill (“common groundsel (Senecio vulgaris”)
• skarifífill (“autumn hawkbit, Scorzoneroides autumnalis”)
• skrautfífill (“thule hawkweed, Hieracium thulense”)
• sæfífill (“sea anemone”)
• túnfífill (“common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale”)

See also

• biðukolla

Old Norse

Etymology

Probably from an altered form of fífl (“monster, giant; idiot”), with hypothetical pre-form *fimflaz, referring to the flower's "expended" spherical buds.

Noun

fífill m (genitive fífils, plural fíflar)

1. dandelion

Declension

Declension of fífill (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fífill	fífillinn	fíflar	fíflarnir
accusative	fífil	fífilinn	fífla	fíflana
dative	fífli	fíflinum	fíflum	fíflunum
genitive	fífils	fífilsins	fífla	fíflanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: fífill

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “fífill”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive