kobbi

See also: Kobbi

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kobbi, from Proto-Germanic *kubb-, from Proto-Indo-European *gup- (“round object, knoll”), from *gew- (“to bend, curve, arch, vault”).[1]

Noun

kobbi m (genitive singular kobba, nominative plural kobbar)

  1. seal, pinniped
    Synonym: selur

Declension
declension of kobbi
m-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kobbi kobbinn kobbar kobbarnir
accusative kobba kobbann kobba kobbana
dative kobba kobbanum kobbum kobbunum
genitive kobba kobbans kobba kobbanna

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “393-398”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 393-398
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