melrakki
Appearance
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From melur (“gravel plain”) + rakki (“dog”). Compare Norwegian Nynorsk melrakke.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]melrakki m (genitive singular melrakka, nominative plural melrakkar)
- arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus).
- 2022, “Melrakkasetur Íslands”, in Arctic Fox Centre[1]:
- Melrakkinn (Vulpes lagopus) er eina upprunalega landspendýrið á Íslandi.
- The arctic fox is the only native land mammal in Iceland.
- 1950, Icelandic Canadian Club:, Icelandic Canadian - Vol. 8, No. 3 - Spring 1950[2]:
- tek inn sem lamb ór stekk eða melrakki ór gildru
- taken like a lamb from a fold or a fox from a trap
Declension
[edit]Declension of melrakki (masculine)
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | melrakki | melrakkinn | melrakkar | melrakkarnir |
accusative | melrakka | melrakkann | melrakka | melrakkana |
dative | melrakka | melrakkanum | melrökkum | melrökkunum |
genitive | melrakka | melrakkans | melrakka | melrakkanna |