flói

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse flói (“marsh, swamp”), from Proto-Germanic *flōô (“expanse of water”), from Proto-Germanic *flōaną (“to flow, flood”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflouːɪ/
• Rhymes: -ouːɪ

Noun

flói m (genitive singular flóa, nominative plural flóar)

1. bay, gulf
2. marshy ground

Declension

Declension of flói (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	flói	flóinn	flóar	flóarnir
accusative	flóa	flóann	flóa	flóana
dative	flóa	flóanum	flóum	flóunum
genitive	flóa	flóans	flóa	flóanna

References

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “2419”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 2419

Anagrams

• lófi