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Faroese

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Noun

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fylki n (genitive singular fylkis, plural fylki or fylkir)

  1. fylke (part of Norway)
  2. (biology) phylum

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n25 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative fylki fylkið fylki(r) fylkini
Accusative fylki fylkið fylki(r) fylkini
Dative fylki fylkinum fylkjum fylkjunum
Genitive fylkis fylkisins fylkja fylkjanna
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Icelandic

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Noun

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fylki n (genitive singular fylkis, nominative plural fylki)

  1. a province, a county, a shire
  2. a state (part of a federation)
  3. (mathematics) a matrix
  4. (computing) an array

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Old Norse

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Germanic *fulkiją, from *fulką.

Noun

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fylki n (genitive fylkis)

  1. district, county, shire (in Norway)
  2. battalion, host (in battle)
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Descendants
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  • Icelandic: fylki
  • Faroese: fylki
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fylke, fylkje; (dialectal) fylki
  • Swedish: fylke
  • Danish: fylke

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  • fylki”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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fylki

  1. indefinite accusative/dative singular of fylkir

Verb

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fylki

  1. first-person singular present indicative of fylkja
  2. third-person present subjunctive of fylkja