orkneyskur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Orkneyjar +‎ -skur.

Adjective

orkneyskur (comparative orkneyskari, superlative orkneyskastur)

1. Orcadian

Declension

positive forms of orkneyskur

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	orkneyskur	orkneysk	orkneyskt
	accusative	orkneyskan	orkneyska
	dative	orkneyskum	orkneyskri	orkneysku
	genitive	orkneysks	orkneyskrar	orkneysks
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	orkneyskir	orkneyskar	orkneysk
	accusative	orkneyska
	dative	orkneyskum
	genitive	orkneyskra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	orkneyski	orkneyska	orkneyska
	acc/dat/gen	orkneyska	orkneysku
	plural (all-case)	orkneysku

comparative forms of orkneyskur

weak declension (definite)		masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular (all-case)	orkneyskari	orkneyskari	orkneyskara
	plural (all-case)	orkneyskari

superlative forms of orkneyskur

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	orkneyskastur	orkneyskust	orkneyskast
	accusative	orkneyskastan	orkneyskasta
	dative	orkneyskustum	orkneyskastri	orkneyskustu
	genitive	orkneyskasts	orkneyskastrar	orkneyskasts
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	orkneyskastir	orkneyskastar	orkneyskust
	accusative	orkneyskasta
	dative	orkneyskustum
	genitive	orkneyskastra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	orkneyskasti	orkneyskasta	orkneyskasta
	acc/dat/gen	orkneyskasta	orkneyskustu
	plural (all-case)	orkneyskustu

Further reading

• “orkneyskur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)