flói

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse flōi (“marsh, swamp”), from Proto-Germanic *flōô (“expanse of water”), from Proto-Germanic *flōaną (“to flow, flood”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈflouːɪ/
Rhymes: -ouːɪ

Noun

flói m (genitive singular flóa, nominative plural flóar)

bay, gulf
marshy ground

Declension

declension of flói

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
m-w1	singular		plural
nominative	flói	flóinn	flóar	flóarnir
accusative	flóa	flóann	flóa	flóana
dative	flóa	flóanum	flóum	flóunum
genitive	flóa	flóans	flóa	flóanna

References

Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 2419, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 2419

Anagrams

lófi

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