fífill

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfiːvɪtl/
  • Rhymes: -iːvɪtl

Etymology

From Old Norse fífill.

Noun

fífill m (genitive singular fífils, nominative plural fíflar)

  1. dandelion (genus Taraxacum)

Declension
declension of fífill
m-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fífill fífillinn fíflar fíflarnir
accusative fífil fífilinn fífla fíflana
dative fífli fíflinum fíflum fíflunum
genitive fífils fífilsins fífla fíflanna

Derived terms
  • brekkufífill (“Hieracium macrocomum”)
  • fagurfífill (“daisy, Bellis perennis”)
  • fellafífill (“alpine hawkweed, Hieracium alpinum”)
  • fjalldalafífill (“water avens, Geum rivale”)
  • glitfífill (“dahlia”)
  • glæsifífill (“Hieracium elegantiforme”)
  • hjartafífill (“marsh hawk's-beard, Crepis paludosa”)
  • hóffífill (“coltsfoot, Tussilago farfara”)
  • íslandsfífill (“Icelandic hawkweed, Pilosella floribunda”)
  • jakobsfífill (“alpine fleabane, Erigeron alpiniformis”)
  • krossfífill (“groundsel, Senecio vulgaris”)
  • skarifífill (“autumn hawkbit, Scorzoneroides autumnalis”)
  • skrautfífill (“thule hawkweed, Hieracium thulense”)
  • sæfífill (“sea anemone”)
  • túnfífill (“common dandelion, Taraxacum officinale”)

See also

Old Norse

Noun

fífill m (genitive fífils, plural fíflar)

  1. dandelion

Declension
  Declension of fífill (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fífill fífillinn fíflar fíflarnir
accusative fífil fífilinn fífla fíflana
dative fífli fíflinum fíflum fíflunum
genitive fífils fífilsins fífla fíflanna

Descendants

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