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Icelandic
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Norse sær, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz.
Pronunciation
Noun
sjór m (genitive singular sjóar or sjós, nominative plural sjóir)
- sea
Declension
Synonyms
Derived terms
Old Norse
Etymology
See sær.
Noun
sjór m (genitive sjóvar, plural sjóvar)
- Alternative form of sær (“sea”)
Declension
Irregular. It generally declines as an i-stem in the singular and wa-stem in the plural, but the wa-stem dative singular sjóvi also exists.
Declension of sjór (strong wa-stem)
Descendants