nykur

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse nykr, from Proto-Germanic *nikwiz-, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *nigʷ-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈniːkʊɹ]
    Rhymes: -iːkʊɹ

Noun

nykur m (genitive singular nyks, plural nykar)

  1. (mythology) a water-demon, the nixie, the nick; (mostly appearing as a grey horse-like creature with inverted hoofs and forward fetlocks that emerges from lakes)

Declension
Declension of nykur
m6 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative nykur nykurin nykar nykarnir
accusative nyk nykin nykar nykarnar
dative nyki nykinum nykum nykunum
genitive nyks nyksins nyka nykanna

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse nykr, cognates with the German Nix, Nixe and Nixie from the Middle High German nickes, from Old High German nihhus (“water-elf, crocodile”). Cognate with Old English nicor (“water-elf, hippopotamus, walrus”) (English nicker) and Swedish Näcken.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈnɪːk(ʰ)ʏr]
    Rhymes: -ɪːkʏr

Noun

nykur m (genitive singular nykurs, nominative plural nykrar)

  1. (mythology) a water-demon, the nixie, the nick; (mostly appearing as a grey horse-like creature with inverted hoofs and forward fetlocks that emerges from lakes)

Declension
declension of nykur
m-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative nykur nykurinn nykrar nykrarnir
accusative nykur nykurinn nykra nykrana
dative nykri nykrinum nykrum nykrunum
genitive nykurs nykursins nykra nykranna

Synonyms
  • (nixie): nennir, nóni, vatnaskratti, kumbur, vatnahestur

Derived terms
  • nykur- (“dual”)
  • nykurbundin (“dual bundle”)
  • nykurferill (“dual curve”)
  • nykurfærsla (“dual transformation”)
  • nykurgrind (“dual lattice”)
  • nykurgrunnur (“dual basis”)
  • nykurgrúpa (“character group, dual abelian group, dual group”)
  • nykurlögmál (“duality, duality principle, principle of duality”)
  • nykurnet (“dual graph, medial graph”)
  • nykurríki (“dual category, opposite category”)
  • nykurrúm (“adjoint space, conjugate space, dual space, dual vector space”)
  • nykursetning (“dual theorem”)
  • nykurslétta (“dual projective plane”)
  • nykurtala (“dual number”)
  • nykurvarpslétta (“dual projective plane”)
  • nykurvensl (“duality”)
  • nykurverkefni (“dual problem”)
  • nykurvirki (“dual operator”)
  • nykurvíxlgrúpa (“dual abelian group”)
  • nykurvörpun (“dual mapping”)
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