nashyrningur
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Faroese
Noun
nashyrningur m (genitive singular nashyrnings, plural nashyrningar)
Declension
| Declension of nashyrningur | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| m6 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | nashyrningur | nashyrningurin | nashyrningar | nashyrningarnir |
| accusative | nashyrning | nashyrningin | nashyrningar | nashyrningarnar |
| dative | nashyrningi | nashyrninginum | nashyrningum | nashyrningunum |
| genitive | nashyrnings | nashyrningsins | nashyrninga | nashyrninganna |
Further reading
- "nashyrningur" at Sprotin.fo
Icelandic
Etymology
From nös (“nostril”), plural nasir (“nose”) + horn (“horn”) + -ingur, a calque of Ancient Greek ῥινόκερως (rhinókerōs). Compare Danish næsehorn etc.
Pronunciation
Noun
nashyrningur m (genitive singular nashyrnings, nominative plural nashyrningar)
- rhinoceros
- 1967 (text composed in the late 18th century), Bibliotheca Arnamagnæana, vol. XXIX: Opuscula, page 152.
- Skúrni þad er dyrs nafn i Eddu þulum, enn i einhvỏrri ligasogu gamallri nefniz skurni stort dyr sem þar syniz ej annad kunna ad vera enn nashyrningur edur einhyrningur.
- Skúrni that is an animal’s name in the Edda rhymes, and in some old mendacious tale a large animal is called skurni which there seems like it can be nothing other than a rhinoceros or unicorn.
- 1967 (text composed in the late 18th century), Bibliotheca Arnamagnæana, vol. XXIX: Opuscula, page 152.
Declension
declension of nashyrningur
| m-s1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | nashyrningur | nashyrningurinn | nashyrningar | nashyrningarnir |
| accusative | nashyrning | nashyrninginn | nashyrninga | nashyrningana |
| dative | nashyrningi | nashyrningnum | nashyrningum | nashyrningunum |
| genitive | nashyrnings | nashyrningsins | nashyrninga | nashyrninganna |
Further reading
- “nashyrningur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)