mjölvi

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Icelandic

Etymology

From mjöl (flour, meal) +‎ -i (noun-forming suffix).

Noun

mjölvi n (genitive singular mjölvis, no plural) or
mjölvi m (genitive singular mjölva, no plural)

  1. starch

Declension

References

  • Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
  • Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
  • Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “mjölvi”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
  • “mjölvi” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)