sýking

Icelandic

Etymology

From sýkja (“to infect”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiːciŋk/

  Rhymes: -iːciŋk

Noun

sýking f (genitive singular sýkingar, nominative plural sýkingar)

1. infection

Declension

Declension of sýking (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sýking	sýkingin	sýkingar	sýkingarnar
accusative	sýkingu	sýkinguna	sýkingar	sýkingarnar
dative	sýkingu	sýkingunni	sýkingum	sýkingunum
genitive	sýkingar	sýkingarinnar	sýkinga	sýkinganna

Further reading

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