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fíll

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse fíll, from Arabic فِيل (fīl), from Classical Persian پیل (pīl).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fíll m (genitive singular fíls, nominative plural fílar)

  1. elephant
    Af hverju eru fílar með svona langt nef?
    Why do elephants have such long noses?

Declension

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Declension of fíll (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fíll fíllinn fílar fílarnir
accusative fíl fílinn fíla fílana
dative fíl fílnum fílum fílunum
genitive fíls fílsins fíla fílanna

Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ “On Icelandic”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[1], 2011 September 6 (last accessed), archived from the original on 8 March 2014

Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Arabic فِيل (fīl), from Classical Persian پیل (pīl).

Noun

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fíll m (genitive fíls, plural fílar)

  1. elephant (Elephantidae)
    Synonym: (rare) alpandýr

Declension

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  Declension of fíll (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fíll fíllinn fílar fílarnir
accusative fíl fílinn fíla fílana
dative fíli fílinum fílum fílunum
genitive fíls fílsins fíla fílanna

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: fíll m
  • Faroese: fílur m
  • Old Swedish: fīl
  • Danish: fil
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