kýr

See also: kyr

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰʊiːjr/

  Rhymes: -ʊiːjr

Noun

kýr

1. nominative plural of kúgv
2. accusative plural of kúgv

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kýr, from Proto-Germanic *kūz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (“cow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cʰiːr/

  Rhymes: -iːr

Noun

kýr f (genitive singular kýr, nominative plural kýr)

1. cow

   Þetta er stór kýr.

   That is a big cow.

   Kýrnar mjólka á sumrin.

   The cows milk in the summer.

Declension

declension of kýr

f-s3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kýr	kýrin	kýr	kýrnar
accusative	kú	kúna	kýr	kýrnar
dative	kú	kúnni	kúm	kúnum
genitive	kýr	kýrinnar	kúa	kúnna

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Old Norse

Alternative forms

• kó

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kūz, whence also Old English cū (Modern English cow), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (“cow”).

Noun

kýr f (genitive kýr, dative kú, plural kýr)

1. cow

Declension

  Declension of kýr (strong consonant stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kýr	kýrin	kýr	kýrnar
accusative	kú	kúna	kýr	kýrnar
dative	kú	kúnni	kúm	kúnum
genitive	kýr	kýrinnar	kúa	kúanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: kýr
• Faroese: kúgv
• Norwegian: ku
• Old Swedish: kō
  • Swedish: ko
• Old Danish: ko, kō
  • Danish: ko
• Elfdalian: tjyr
• Jamtish: kú