fíll

See also: fill and Fill

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fíll, from Arabic فِيل (fīl), from Classical Persian پیل (pīl).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [fitl]
    Rhymes: -itl
    Homophones: fýll

Noun

fíll m (genitive singular fíls, nominative plural fílar)

  1. elephant
    Af hverju eru fílar með svona langt nef?
    Why do elephants have such long noses?

Declension

Derived terms

See also

References

  1. “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).

Noun

fíll m (genitive fíls, plural fílar)

  1. elephant (Elephantidae)
    Synonym: (rare) alpandýr

Declension

Derived terms

  • fílaland
  • fílbein
  • fílsbein
  • fílsbeinskanna
  • fílsleggr
  • fílstǫnn

Descendants

  • Icelandic: fíll m
  • Faroese: fílur m
  • Old Swedish: fīl
  • Danish: fil
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