"álfur" meaning in Icelandic

See álfur in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈaulvʏr/
Rhymes: -aulvʏr Etymology: From Old Norse alfr, from Proto-Germanic *albiz, from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós. Etymology templates: {{inh|is|non|alfr}} Old Norse alfr, {{inh|is|gem-pro|*albiz}} Proto-Germanic *albiz, {{inh|is|ine-pro|*albʰós}} Proto-Indo-European *albʰós Head templates: {{is-noun|@@}} álfur m (genitive singular álfs, nominative plural álfar) Inflection templates: {{is-ndecl|m}} Forms: álfs [genitive, singular], álfar [nominative, plural], masculine [table-tags], álfur [indefinite, nominative, singular], álfurinn [definite, nominative, singular], álfar [indefinite, nominative, plural], álfarnir [definite, nominative, plural], álf [accusative, indefinite, singular], álfinn [accusative, definite, singular], álfa [accusative, indefinite, plural], álfana [accusative, definite, plural], álfi [dative, indefinite, singular], álfinum [dative, definite, singular], álfum [dative, indefinite, plural], álfunum [dative, definite, plural], álfs [genitive, indefinite, singular], álfsins [definite, genitive, singular], álfa [genitive, indefinite, plural], álfanna [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. elf Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-álfur-is-noun-eA2Esg16 Categories (other): Icelandic entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Icelandic entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
  2. fool Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-álfur-is-noun-GGefEOUG Categories (other): Icelandic entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Icelandic entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: álfadrottning, tannálfur, vera eins og álfur út úr hól

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "álfadrottning"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "tannálfur"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "vera eins og álfur út úr hól"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "alfr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse alfr",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*albiz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *albiz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*albʰós"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *albʰós",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse alfr, from Proto-Germanic *albiz, from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "álfs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "álfar",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "masculine",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "álfur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "álfurinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "álfar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "álfarnir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "álf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "álfinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "álfa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "álfana",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "álfi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "álfinum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "álfum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "álfunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "álfs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "álfsins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "álfa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "álfanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "@@"
      },
      "expansion": "álfur m (genitive singular álfs, nominative plural álfar)",
      "name": "is-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "name": "is-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Icelandic",
  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "elf"
      ],
      "id": "en-álfur-is-noun-eA2Esg16",
      "links": [
        [
          "elf",
          "elf"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fool"
      ],
      "id": "en-álfur-is-noun-GGefEOUG",
      "links": [
        [
          "fool",
          "fool"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaulvʏr/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aulvʏr"
    }
  ],
  "word": "álfur"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Icelandic lemmas",
    "Icelandic masculine nouns",
    "Icelandic nouns",
    "Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse",
    "Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Icelandic terms with redundant head parameter",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Icelandic/aulvʏr",
    "Rhymes:Icelandic/aulvʏr/2 syllables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "álfadrottning"
    },
    {
      "word": "tannálfur"
    },
    {
      "word": "vera eins og álfur út úr hól"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "alfr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse alfr",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*albiz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *albiz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*albʰós"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *albʰós",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse alfr, from Proto-Germanic *albiz, from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "álfs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "álfar",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "masculine",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "álfur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "álfurinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "álfar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "álfarnir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "álf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "álfinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "álfa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "álfana",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "álfi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "álfinum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "álfum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "álfunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "álfs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "álfsins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "álfa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "álfanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "@@"
      },
      "expansion": "álfur m (genitive singular álfs, nominative plural álfar)",
      "name": "is-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "name": "is-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Icelandic",
  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "elf"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "elf",
          "elf"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fool"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fool",
          "fool"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaulvʏr/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aulvʏr"
    }
  ],
  "word": "álfur"
}

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