fylki

Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɪl̥tʃɪ/

Noun

fylki n (genitive singular fylkis, plural fylki or fylkir)

  1. fylke (part of Norway)
  2. (biology) phylum

Declension

n25 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative fylki fylkið fylki(r) fylkini
Accusative fylki fylkið fylki(r) fylkini
Dative fylki fylkinum fylkjum fylkjunum
Genitive fylkis fylkisins fylkja fylkjanna

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɪl̥cɪ/
    Rhymes: -ɪl̥cɪ

Noun

fylki n (genitive singular fylkis, nominative plural fylki)

  1. a province, a county, a shire
  2. a state (part of a federation)
  3. (mathematics) a matrix
  4. (computing) an array

Declension

Derived terms

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *fulkiją, from *fulką.

Noun

fylki n (genitive fylkis)

  1. district, county, shire (in Norway)
  2. battalion, host (in battle)
Declension
Derived terms
  • fylkiskonungr
Descendants

References

  • fylki in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Noun

fylki

  1. accusative singular of fylkir
  2. dative singular of fylkir

Verb

fylki

  1. first-person singular present indicative of fylkja
  2. third-person present subjunctive of fylkja
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