From Old Norse dilkr, from Proto-Germanic *dilkaz, related to *dajjaną, *dēaną, *dijōną (“suckle”) and *delō (“nipple”), ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle, nurse”).
dilkur m (genitive singular dilks, plural dilkar)
Declension of dilkur | ||||
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m6 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | dilkur | dilkurin | dilkar | dilkarnir |
accusative | dilk | dilkin | dilkar | dilkarnar |
dative | dilki | dilkinum | dilkum | dilkunum |
genitive | dilks | dilksins | dilka | dilkanna |
From Old Norse dilkr, from Proto-Germanic *dilkaz, related to *dajjaną, *dēaną, *dijōną (“suckle”) and *delō (“nipple”), ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle, nurse”). Originally referred to the young of any livestock (sheep, goats, horses, pigs or cattle) that are being suckled by its mother. The sense “section of a larger sheepfold” is derived metaphorically from the sense “suckling lamb”, as the smaller enclosures cling to the larger like lambs to the ewe.[1]
dilkur m (genitive singular dilks, nominative plural dilkar)
Declension of dilkur | ||||
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m-s1 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | dilkur | dilkurinn | dilkar | dilkarnir |
accusative | dilk | dilkinn | dilka | dilkana |
dative | dilki / dilk | dilkinum / dilknum | dilkum | dilkunum |
genitive | dilks | dilksins | dilka | dilkanna |