From jörð (“earth, ground”) + epli (“apple”). Possibly from Dutch aardappel (“earth apple; potato”) or German Erdapfel (“potato”), calques of the French pomme de terre (“an apple from the earth, a potato”). Compare Faroese jørðepli.
jarðepli n (genitive singular jarðeplis, nominative plural jarðepli)
Declension of jarðepli | ||||
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n-s | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | jarðepli | jarðeplið | jarðepli | jarðeplin |
accusative | jarðepli | jarðeplið | jarðepli | jarðeplin |
dative | jarðepli | jarðeplinu | jarðeplum | jarðeplunum |
genitive | jarðeplis | jarðeplisins | jarðepla | jarðeplanna |