nykur
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Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse nykr, from Proto-Germanic *nikwiz-, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *nigʷ-.
Pronunciation
Noun
nykur m (genitive singular nyks, plural nykar)
- (mythology) a water-demon, the nixie, the nick; (mostly appearing as a grey horse-like creature with inverted hoofs and forward fetlocks that emerges from lakes)
Declension
| m6 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | nykur | nykurin | nykar | nykarnir |
| accusative | nyk | nykin | nykar | nykarnar |
| dative | nyki | nykinum | nykum | nykunum |
| genitive | nyks | nyksins | nyka | nykanna |
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse nykr, cognates with the German Nix, Nixe and Nixie from the Middle High German nickes, from Old High German nihhus (“water-elf, crocodile”). Cognate with Old English nicor (“water-elf, hippopotamus, walrus”) (English nicker) and Swedish Näcken.
Pronunciation
Noun
nykur m (genitive singular nykurs, nominative plural nykrar)
- (mythology) a water-demon, the nixie, the nick; (mostly appearing as a grey horse-like creature with inverted hoofs and forward fetlocks that emerges from lakes)
- Synonyms: nennir, nóni, vatnaskratti, kumbur, vatnahestur
Declension
Derived terms
- nykur- (“dual”)
- nykurbundin (“dual bundle”)
- nykurferill (“dual curve”)
- nykurfærsla (“dual transformation”)
- nykurgrind (“dual lattice”)
- nykurgrunnur (“dual basis”)
- nykurgrúpa (“character group, dual abelian group, dual group”)
- nykurlögmál (“duality, duality principle, principle of duality”)
- nykurnet (“dual graph, medial graph”)
- nykurríki (“dual category, opposite category”)
- nykurrúm (“adjoint space, conjugate space, dual space, dual vector space”)
- nykursetning (“dual theorem”)
- nykurslétta (“dual projective plane”)
- nykurtala (“dual number”)
- nykurvarpslétta (“dual projective plane”)
- nykurvensl (“duality”)
- nykurverkefni (“dual problem”)
- nykurvirki (“dual operator”)
- nykurvíxlgrúpa (“dual abelian group”)
- nykurvörpun (“dual mapping”)