Borrowed from Danish appelsin, possibly derived from Dutch appelsien (“orange”, literally “Chinese apple”), a calque of French pomme de Sine (“apple from China”).
appelsína f (genitive singular appelsínu, nominative plural appelsínur)
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | appelsína | appelsínan | appelsínur | appelsínurnar |
accusative | appelsínu | appelsínuna | appelsínur | appelsínurnar |
dative | appelsínu | appelsínunni | appelsínum | appelsínunum |
genitive | appelsínu | appelsínunnar | appelsína | appelsínanna |