fivel – Norwegian Nynorsk noun declension

Noun: fivel
Gender: Masculine Hyphenation:

Indefinite

Sg.	fivel
Pl.	fivlar

Definite

Sg.	fivelen
Pl.	fivlane

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like fivel

symbel, seidel, snigel, snabel, slegel, sirkel, skutel, husordensregel, halvsirkel, drivaksel, bustyvel, synsvinkel, parabel, tilførsel, polarsirkel, barberhøvel, bukspyttkjertel, framjeksel, bokhandel, tordivel, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

1. From Old Norse fífill (“dandelion and thereof”). Compare Old Norse fífa (“cottongrass”).
2. Largely analog with Swedish; compare Norwegian Nynorsk hestafivel to Swedish hästfibbla (“Arnica montana”, literally “horse fivel”). See: Old Norse Nouns 'fífill', Old Norse Nouns 'fífa', Swedish Nouns 'hästfibbla'.