Noun: svili
Gender:
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | svili |
| Sg. Def. | svilinn |
| Pl. Indef. | svilar |
| Pl. Def. | svilarnir |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | svila |
| Sg. Def. | svilans |
| Pl. Indef. | svila |
| Pl. Def. | svilanna |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | svila |
| Sg. Def. | svilanum |
| Pl. Indef. | svilum |
| Pl. Def. | svilunum |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | svila |
| Sg. Def. | svilann |
| Pl. Indef. | svila |
| Pl. Def. | svilana |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like svili
skalli,
ǫlnbogi,
regnbogi,
blakkriði,
einriði,
ǫlbogi,
ǫkvisi,
þungi,
dauði,
gráði,
lundi,
munni,
beini,
blóði,
hneri,
hlýri,
hixti,
hegri,
trýni,
iætti, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Theoretically from Proto-Germanic *swelijô (“sister's husband”), from Proto-Indo-European *swél-(i)yo-n- or *swé-l-y-ō, though these reconstructions are uncertain. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἀέλιοι (aélioi, “brothers-in-law”) (prefixed with *sm̥-).
Verbs referencing "svili"
Icelandic Nouns
svili.
Translations