heimalningur

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Icelandic

Etymology

heima (“at home”) +‎ ala (“feed, nourish”) +‎ -ningur.

Noun

heimalningur m (genitive singular heimalnings, nominative plural heimalningar)

  1. a rejected or orphaned lamb that is fed at the farmer's home, a bummer lamb, a bottle lamb
    Synonyms: heimagangur, innlamb

Usage notes

This word has been re-parsed by a significant number of speakers into heimalingur, which is heima (“at home”) plus the diminutive -lingur, which has an almost identical pronunciation.

Declension

Declension of heimalningur (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative heimalningur heimalningurinn heimalningar heimalningarnir
accusative heimalning heimalninginn heimalninga heimalningana
dative heimalningi heimalningnum heimalningum heimalningunum
genitive heimalnings heimalningsins heimalninga heimalninganna
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