Noun: dilkur
Gender: m
Declension:
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | dilkur |
| Sg. Def. | dilkurinn |
| Pl. Indef. | dilkar |
| Pl. Def. | dilkarnir |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | dilks |
| Sg. Def. | dilksins |
| Pl. Indef. | dilka |
| Pl. Def. | dilkanna |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | dilk; dilki |
| Sg. Def. | dilknum |
| Pl. Indef. | dilkum |
| Pl. Def. | dilkunum |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | dilk |
| Sg. Def. | dilkinn |
| Pl. Indef. | dilka |
| Pl. Def. | dilkana |
Sample Sentences
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Hver bær hefur sinn dilk. (Each town has its own enclosure.)
Nouns inflected like dilkur
snákur,
saumur,
eldhúshnífur,
steikarhnífur,
flaggdúkur,
kökuhnífur,
kóngshrókur,
dósahnífur,
gangráður,
vasaklútur,
vasahnífur,
eyrnalokkur,
strandsauðlaukur,
labbakútur,
rauðlaukur,
aðdáendahópur,
hrútspungur,
útsaumur,
vorlaukur,
dúkahnífur, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Norse dilkr, from Proto-Germanic *dilkaz, related to *dajjaną, *dēaną, *dijōną (“suckle”) and *delō (“nipple”), ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle, nurse”). Originally referred to the young of any livestock (sheep, goats, horses, pigs or cattle) that are being suckled by its mother. The sense “section of a larger sheepfold” is derived metaphorically from the sense “suckling lamb”, as the smaller enclosures cling to the larger like lambs to the ewe. See: Old Norse Nouns '
dilkr'.
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