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Noun [Icelandic]

IPA: /fipl/
Rhymes: -ipl Etymology: From Old Norse fífl, from Proto-Germanic *fimfilaz. Cognate with Icelandic fimbul- (“mighty, great”) and Old English fifel (“monster, giant”). Etymology templates: {{inh|is|non|fífl}} Old Norse fífl, {{inh|is|gem-pro|*fimbulaz|*fimfilaz}} Proto-Germanic *fimfilaz, {{cog|is|fimbul-|t=mighty, great}} Icelandic fimbul- (“mighty, great”), {{cog|ang|fifel|t=monster, giant}} Old English fifel (“monster, giant”) Head templates: {{is-noun|@@}} fífl n (genitive singular fífls, nominative plural fífl) Inflection templates: {{is-ndecl|n}} Forms: fífls [genitive, singular], fífl [nominative, plural], neuter [table-tags], fífl [indefinite, nominative, singular], fíflið [definite, nominative, singular], fífl [indefinite, nominative, plural], fíflin [definite, nominative, plural], fífl [accusative, indefinite, singular], fíflið [accusative, definite, singular], fífl [accusative, indefinite, plural], fíflin [accusative, definite, plural], fífli [dative, indefinite, singular], fíflinu [dative, definite, singular], fíflum [dative, indefinite, plural], fíflunum [dative, definite, plural], fífls [genitive, indefinite, singular], fíflsins [definite, genitive, singular], fífla [genitive, indefinite, plural], fíflanna [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. fool, idiot, buffoon Tags: neuter Synonyms (fool, idiot): heimskingi, glópur, flón, hálfviti, auli, imbi, bjáni
    Sense id: en-fífl-is-noun-~itSTTdd Categories (other): Icelandic entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Old Norse entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old Norse entries with incorrect language header: 87 4 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 92 2 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 2 5

Noun [Old Norse]

Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *fimfilaz. Cognate with Old Norse fimbul- (“mighty, great”) and Old English fifel (“monster, giant”). Etymology templates: {{inh|non|gem-pro|*fimbulaz|*fimfilaz}} Proto-Germanic *fimfilaz, {{cog|non|fimbul-|t=mighty, great}} Old Norse fimbul- (“mighty, great”), {{cog|ang|fifel|t=monster, giant}} Old English fifel (“monster, giant”) Head templates: {{head|non|nouns|g=n|g2=|head=|sort=|tr=}} fífl n, {{non-noun|n}} fífl n
  1. monster; giant Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-fífl-non-noun-TdIxAHHH
  2. fool, idiot, buffoon Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-fífl-non-noun-~itSTTdd
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    }
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  "word": "fífl"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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