fífill

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fífill.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfiːvɪtl/
Rhymes: -iːvɪtl

Noun

fífill m (genitive singular fífils, nominative plural fíflar)

dandelion (genus Taraxacum)

Declension

declension of fífill

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
m-s1	singular		plural
nominative	fífill	fífillinn	fíflar	fíflarnir
accusative	fífil	fífilinn	fífla	fíflana
dative	fífli	fíflinum	fíflum	fíflunum
genitive	fífils	fífilsins	fífla	fíflanna

Derived terms

brekkufífill (“Hieracium macrocomum”)
fagurfífill (“daisy (Bellis perennis)”)
fellafífill (“alpine hawkweed (Hieracium alpinum)”)
fjalldalafífill (“water avens (Geum rivale)”)
glitfífill (“dahlia”)
glæsifífill (“Hieracium elegantiforme”)
hjartafífill (“marsh hawksbeard, Crepis paludosa”)
hóffífill (“coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara”)
íslandsfífill (“Icelandic hawkweed, Pilosella floribunda”)
jakobsfífill (“alpine fleabane, Erigeron alpiniformis”)
krossfífill (“common groundsel] (Senecio vulgaris”)
skarifífill (“autumn hawkbit, Scorzoneroides autumnalis”)
skrautfífill (“thule hawkweed, Hieracium thulense”)
sæfífill (“sea anemone”)
túnfífill (“common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale”)

See also

biðukolla

Old Norse

Etymology

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Noun

fífill m (genitive fífils, plural fíflar)

dandelion

Declension

Declension of fífill (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fífill	fífillinn	fíflar	fíflarnir
accusative	fífil	fífilinn	fífla	fíflana
dative	fífli	fíflinum	fíflum	fíflunum
genitive	fífils	fífilsins	fífla	fíflanna

Descendants

Icelandic: fífill

References

“fífill”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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