kýr

See also: kyr

Faroese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kʰʊiːjr/
    Rhymes: -ʊiːjr

Noun

kýr

  1. nominative plural of kúgv
  2. accusative plural of kúgv

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kýr, from Proto-Germanic *kōz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /cʰiːr/
    Rhymes: -iːr

Noun

kýr f (genitive singular kýr, nominative plural kýr)

  1. cow
    Þetta er stór kýr.
    That is a big cow.
    Kýrnar mjólka á sumrin.
    The cows milk in the summer.

Declension
declension of kýr
f-s3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kýr kýrin kýr kýrnar
accusative kú kúna kýr kýrnar
dative kú kúnni kúm kúnum
genitive kýr kýrinnar kúa kúnna

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse kýr.

Pronunciation
  • (Setesdal) IPA(key): [çuɪːr]

Noun

kýr f (definite singular kýrí, definite singular dative kýrinn, indefinite plural ký, definite plural kýne, definite plural dative ký)

  1. (dialectal, Setesdal) alternative form of ku (“cow”)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse kýr pl, plural of kýr.

Noun

kýr f

  1. (nonstandard) alternative spelling of kyr (“cows”); plural of kú

References

Old Norse

Alternative forms
  • *kōʀ (Old East Norse)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kōz.

Noun

kýr f (genitive kýr, dative kú, plural kýr)

  1. (Old West Norse) cow

Declension
  Declension of kýr (strong consonant stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kýr kýrin kýr kýrnar
accusative kú kúna kýr kýrnar
dative kú kúnni kúm kúnum
genitive kýr kýrinnar kúa kúanna

Descendants
  • Icelandic: kýr
  • Faroese: kúgv, kú
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ku
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ku
  • Jamtish: kú
  • Elfdalian: tjyr
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