svalir – Icelandic noun declension

Noun: svalir

Gender: f
Declension:

Nominative

Pl. Indef.	svalir
Pl. Def.	svalirnar

Genitive

Pl. Indef.	svala
Pl. Def.	svalanna

Dative

Pl. Indef.	svölum
Pl. Def.	svölunum

Accusative

Pl. Indef.	svalir
Pl. Def.	svalirnar

Sample Sentences

Þeir þrír fóru út á svalir við íbúðina þar sem þeir spjölluðu saman stutta stund. (The three of them went out onto the balcony of the flat where they chatted for a short while.)

Nouns inflected like svalir

svalir,

Etymology

From Old Norse svalar f pl (“gallery”). Cognate with Norwegian sval c, Norwegian Nynorsk sval f or svaler pl, Swedish svale (“vestibule”), and Danish svale c. Related to syll (“sill, wooden foundation beam”). See: Old Norse Nouns 'svalar', Swedish Nouns 'svale', Danish Nouns 'svale'.

Verbs referencing "svalir"

English Nouns swale.