Orkneyjar

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse Orkneyjar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɔr̥kneiːjar/

Proper noun

Orkneyjar f pl

the Orkney Islands

Declension

declension of Orkneyjar

	indefinite	definite
f-s1	plural
nominative	Orkneyjar	Orkneyjarnar
accusative	Orkneyjar	Orkneyjarnar
dative	Orkneyjum	Orkneyjunum
genitive	Orkneyja	Orkneyjanna

Derived terms

Orkneyingur
orkneyskur

Old Norse

Etymology

Adapted from a Pictish word (perhaps from Proto-Celtic *ɸorkos (“pig”)), with a suffixed eyjar (“islands”). Compare Latin Orcades.

Proper noun

Orkneyjar f pl

the Orkney Islands

Derived terms

Orkneyingr
orkneyskr

Descendants

English: Orkney, Orkneys, Orkney Islands
Faroese: Orknoyggjar f pl
Icelandic: Orkneyjar f pl
Norwegian: Orknøyene (Bokmål), Orknøyane (Nynorsk) f pl

References

Orkneyjar in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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