sjókví

Icelandic

Etymology

From sjór (“sea”) +‎ kví (“enclosure”).

Noun

sjókví f (genitive singular sjókvíar, nominative plural sjókvíar)

1. enclosure in a body of water, usually for fish farming

Declension

Declension of sjókví (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sjókví	sjókvíin	sjókvíar	sjókvíarnar
accusative	sjókví	sjókvína	sjókvíar	sjókvíarnar
dative	sjókví	sjókvínni	sjókvíum	sjókvíunum
genitive	sjókvíar	sjókvíarinnar	sjókvía	sjókvíanna

Further reading

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