fíll
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [fitl]
- Rhymes: -itl
- Homophones: fýll
Noun
fíll m (genitive singular fíls, nominative plural fílar)
- elephant
- Af hverju eru fílar með svona langt nef?
- Why do elephants have such long noses?
Declension
Derived terms
- afríkufíll (“African elephant”)
- asíufíll (“Asian elephant”)
See also
References
- “On Icelandic”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), 2011 September 6 (last accessed), archived from the original on 8 March 2014
Old Norse
Etymology
From Arabic فِيل (fīl), from Classical Persian پیل (pīl).
Declension
Derived terms
- fílaland
- fílbein
- fílsbein
- fílsbeinskanna
- fílsleggr
- fílstǫnn
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