kálfur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kalfr (“calf”), from Proto-Germanic *kalbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷolbʰo- (“womb, animal young”). Compare Faroese kálvur, Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish kalv, Dutch kalf, German Kalb, English calf.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkʰaulvʏr]

  Rhymes: -aulvʏr

Noun

kálfur m (genitive singular kálfs, nominative plural kálfar)

1. calf

Declension

Declension of kálfur (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kálfur	kálfurinn	kálfar	kálfarnir
accusative	kálf	kálfinn	kálfa	kálfana
dative	kálfi	kálfinum	kálfum	kálfunum
genitive	kálfs	kálfsins	kálfa	kálfanna

Related terms

• kelfa (“to calve”)