fleygur

Icelandic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfleiːɣʏr/
Rhymes: -eiːɣʏr

Etymology 1

From Old Norse fleygr, from Proto-Germanic *flaugijaz. Compare Old English *flycge, attested in unflycge (“flightless”) (English fledge (“able to fly”)), Middle Low German vlugge, Old High German flucki (Middle High German vlücke).

Adjective

fleygur (comparative fleygari, superlative fleygastur)

able to fly; fledge, fledged

Inflection

positive (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fleygur	fleyg	fleygt
accusative	fleygan	fleyga	fleygt
dative	fleygum	fleygri	fleygu
genitive	fleygs	fleygrar	fleygs
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fleygir	fleygar	fleyg
accusative	fleyga	fleygar	fleyg
dative	fleygum	fleygum	fleygum
genitive	fleygra	fleygra	fleygra

positive (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fleygi	fleyga	fleyga
accusative	fleyga	fleygu	fleyga
dative	fleyga	fleygu	fleyga
genitive	fleyga	fleygu	fleyga
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fleygu	fleygu	fleygu
accusative	fleygu	fleygu	fleygu
dative	fleygu	fleygu	fleygu
genitive	fleygu	fleygu	fleygu

comparative

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fleygari	fleygari	fleygara
accusative	fleygari	fleygari	fleygara
dative	fleygari	fleygari	fleygara
genitive	fleygari	fleygari	fleygara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fleygari	fleygari	fleygari
accusative	fleygari	fleygari	fleygari
dative	fleygari	fleygari	fleygari
genitive	fleygari	fleygari	fleygari

superlative (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fleygastur	fleygust	fleygast
accusative	fleygastan	fleygasta	fleygast
dative	fleygustum	fleygastri	fleygustu
genitive	fleygasts	fleygastrar	fleygasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fleygastir	fleygastar	fleygust
accusative	fleygasta	fleygastar	fleygust
dative	fleygustum	fleygustum	fleygustum
genitive	fleygastra	fleygastra	fleygastra

superlative (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fleygasti	fleygasta	fleygasta
accusative	fleygasta	fleygustu	fleygasta
dative	fleygasta	fleygustu	fleygasta
genitive	fleygasta	fleygustu	fleygasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	fleygustu	fleygustu	fleygustu
accusative	fleygustu	fleygustu	fleygustu
dative	fleygustu	fleygustu	fleygustu
genitive	fleygustu	fleygustu	fleygustu

Etymology 2

From Old Norse fleygr.

Noun

fleygur m (genitive singular fleygs, nominative plural fleygar)

wedge

Declension

declension of fleygur

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
m-s1	singular		plural
nominative	fleyg	fleyginn	fleygar	fleygarnir
accusative	fleyg	fleyginn	fleyga	fleygana
dative	fleygi / fleyg	fleygnum	fleygum	fleygunum
genitive	fleygs	fleygsins	fleyga	fleyganna

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