sjókví

Icelandic

Etymology

From sjór (“sea”) +‎ kví (“enclosure”).

Noun

sjókví f (genitive singular sjókvíar, nominative plural sjókvíar)

1. enclosure in a body of water, usually for fish farming

Declension

declension of sjókví

f-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sjókví	sjókvíin	sjókvíar	sjókvíarnar
accusative	sjókví	sjókvíina	sjókvíar	sjókvíarnar
dative	sjókví	sjókvíinni	sjókvíum	sjókvíunum
genitive	sjókvíar	sjókvíarinnar	sjókvía	sjókvíanna

Further reading

• “sjókví” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)