vökvi

See also: vǫkvi

Icelandic

Etymology

Cognate to Latin ūvidus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wegʷ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvœːkvɪ/

  Rhymes: -œːkvɪ

Noun

vökvi m (genitive singular vökva, nominative plural vökvar)

1. liquid

Declension

Declension of vökvi (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vökvi	vökvinn	vökvar	vökvarnir
accusative	vökva	vökvann	vökva	vökvana
dative	vökva	vökvanum	vökvum	vökvunum
genitive	vökva	vökvans	vökva	vökvanna

Derived terms

• blóðvökvi

Further reading

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