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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse grikkr, borrowed from Old East Slavic грькъ (grĭkŭ) or Proto-Slavic *grьkъ, which is borrowed from Latin Graecus.
Pronunciation
Noun
Grikki m (genitive singular Grikkja, nominative plural Grikkir)
- Greek (inhabitant, etc., of Greece)
Declension
Declension of Grikki (masculine)
References
- Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “Grikki”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
- “Grikki” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)