Noun: fnykur
Gender: m
Declension:
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | fnykur |
| Sg. Def. | fnykurinn |
| Pl. Indef. | fnykir |
| Pl. Def. | fnykirnir |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | fnyks |
| Sg. Def. | fnyksins |
| Pl. Indef. | fnykja |
| Pl. Def. | fnykjanna |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | fnyk |
| Sg. Def. | fnyknum |
| Pl. Indef. | fnykjum |
| Pl. Def. | fnykjunum |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | fnyk |
| Sg. Def. | fnykinn |
| Pl. Indef. | fnyki |
| Pl. Def. | fnykina |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like fnykur
ratleikur,
gamanleikur,
harmleikur,
orðaleikur,
handknattleikur,
sleikur,
uppreisnarseggur,
drengur,
grikkur,
skrípaleikur,
knattleikur,
samkvæmisleikur,
eltingaleikur,
vináttuleikur,
kækur,
hnykkur,
hlykkur,
hálfleikur,
körfuknattleikur,
þríleikur, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Inherited from Old Norse fnykr (“stench”), from Proto-Germanic *fnukjaz. The ultimate origin is obscure, but perhaps an expressive or imitative formation.
2. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål fnugg, Danish fnug, Swedish fnugg. See: Old Norse Nouns '
fnykr', Old Norse Nouns '
fnykr', Danish Nouns '
fnug'.
Verbs referencing "fnykur"
Danish Nouns
fnug.
Translations