flakkari
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From flakka (“to wander”) + -ari (“-er”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]flakkari m (genitive singular flakkara, nominative plural flakkarar)
- wanderer, vagrant
- Synonyms: flækingur, umrenningur, (collective) förufólk
- a portable hard drive, an external hard drive
Declension
[edit]Declension of flakkari (masculine, based on -ari)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | flakkari | flakkarinn | flakkarar | flakkararnir |
| accusative | flakkara | flakkarann | flakkara | flakkarana |
| dative | flakkara | flakkaranum | flökkurum | flökkurunum |
| genitive | flakkara | flakkarans | flakkara | flakkaranna |
Derived terms
[edit]- tímaflakkari (“time traveler”)
Further reading
[edit]- “flakkari” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)