fiskur

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪskʊɹ/

  Rhymes: -ɪskʊɹ

Noun

fiskur m (genitive singular fisks, plural fiskar)

1. fish

Declension

m6	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fiskur	fiskurin	fiskar	fiskarnir
accusative	fisk	fiskin	fiskar	fiskarnar
dative	fiski	fiskinum	fiskum	fiskunum
genitive	fisks	fisksins	fiska	fiskanna

Derived terms

• fiskaslag
• fiskapláss
• fiskastovnur
• fiskaflak
• fiskafjøður
• fiskasøla
• fiskahjallur
• fiskaknetti
• fiskivinna
• havfiskur
• botnfiskur
• uppsjóvarfiskur
• kongafiskur
• klippfiskur
• saltfiskur
• reyðfiskur
• smáfiskur

Related terms

• dýraætt
• dýraslag

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fiskr, from Proto-Germanic *fiskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪskʏr/

  Rhymes: -ɪskʏr

Noun

fiskur m (genitive singular fisks, nominative plural fiskar)

1. fish
2. (astrology) Pisces

Declension

Declension of fiskur (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fiskur	fiskurinn	fiskar	fiskarnir
accusative	fisk	fiskinn	fiska	fiskana
dative	fiski, fisk	fiskinum, fisknum	fiskum	fiskunum
genitive	fisks	fisksins	fiska	fiskanna

Derived terms

• krossfiskur
• fiskibolla
• saltfiskur
• hvorki fugl né fiskur
• ekki upp á marga fiska
• hér liggur fiskur undir steini
• vaxa fiskur um hrygg

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “fiskur”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
• Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
• Málfarsbankinn [Idiom bank]‎^[1] (in Icelandic), (Can we date this quote?): “Fiskur: þgf.et. fisk eða fiski, m.gr. fisk(i)num, ef.et. fisks. ― Fiskur: dat. sg. fisk or fiski, def. fisk(i)num, gen. sg. fisks.”
• “fiskur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)