kýr

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰʊiːjr/

  Rhymes: -ʊiːjr

Noun

kýr

1. nominative plural of kúgv
2. accusative plural of kúgv

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kýr, from Proto-Germanic *kūz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (“cow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cʰiːr/

  Rhymes: -iːr

Noun

kýr f (genitive singular kýr, nominative plural kýr)

1. cow

   Þetta er stór kýr.

   That is a big cow.

   Kýrnar mjólka á sumrin.

   The cows milk in the summer.

Declension

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse kýr.

Pronunciation

• (Setesdal) IPA^(key):

Noun

kýr f (definite singular kýrí, definite singular dative kýrinn, indefinite plural ký, definite plural kýne, definite plural dative ký)

1. (dialectal, Setesdal) alternative form of ku (“cow”)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse kýr pl, plural of kýr.

Noun

kýr f

1. (nonstandard) alternative spelling of kyr (“cows”); plural of kú

References

• “kjýr” at Vallemål.no

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• *kōʀ (Old East Norse)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kūz, whence also Old English cū (Modern English cow), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (“cow”).

Noun

kýr f (genitive kýr, dative kú, plural kýr)

1. (Old West Norse) cow

Declension

Descendants

• Icelandic: kýr
• Faroese: kúgv, kú
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ku
• Norwegian Bokmål: ku
• Jamtish: kú
• Elfdalian: tjyr