"nykur" meaning in Icelandic

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Noun

IPA: [ˈnɪːk(ʰ)ʏr]
Rhymes: -ɪːkʏr 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|is|non|nykr}} Old Norse nykr, {{cog|de|Nix}} German Nix, {{cog|gmh|nickes}} Middle High German nickes, {{cog|goh|nihhus||water-elf, crocodile}} Old High German nihhus (“water-elf, crocodile”), {{cog|ang|nicor||water-elf, hippopotamus, walrus}} Old English nicor (“water-elf, hippopotamus, walrus”), {{cog|en|nicker}} English nicker, {{cog|sv|Näcken}} Swedish Näcken Head templates: {{is-noun|@@}} nykur m (genitive singular nykurs, nominative plural nykrar) Inflection templates: {{is-ndecl|m.#}} Forms: nykurs [genitive, singular], nykrar [nominative, plural], masculine [table-tags], nykur [indefinite, nominative, singular], nykurinn [definite, nominative, singular], nykrar [indefinite, nominative, plural], nykrarnir [definite, nominative, plural], nykur [accusative, indefinite, singular], nykurinn [accusative, definite, singular], nykra [accusative, indefinite, plural], nykrana [accusative, definite, plural], nykri [dative, indefinite, singular], nykrinum [dative, definite, singular], nykrum [dative, indefinite, plural], nykrunum [dative, definite, plural], nykurs [genitive, indefinite, singular], nykursins [definite, genitive, singular], nykra [genitive, indefinite, plural], nykranna [definite, genitive, plural]
  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) Wikipedia link: is:nykur Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Mythology Synonyms: nennir, nóni, vatnaskratti, kumbur, vatnahestur
    Sense id: en-nykur-is-noun-bpxEt844 Categories (other): Icelandic entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences Derived forms: nykur- [dual], nykurbundin (english: dual bundle), nykurferill (english: dual curve), nykurfærsla (english: dual transformation), nykurgrind (english: dual lattice), nykurgrunnur (english: dual basis), nykurgrúpa (english: character group, dual abelian group, dual group), nykurlögmál (english: duality, duality principle, principle of duality), nykurnet (english: dual graph, medial graph), nykurríki (english: dual category, opposite category), nykurrúm (english: adjoint space, conjugate space, dual space, dual vector space), nykursetning (english: dual theorem), nykurslétta (english: dual projective plane), nykurtala [dual, numeral], nykurvarpslétta (english: dual projective plane), nykurvensl (english: duality), nykurverkefni (english: dual problem), nykurvirki (english: dual operator), nykurvíxlgrúpa (english: dual abelian group), nykurvörpun (english: dual mapping)
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          "word": "nennir"
        },
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        },
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          "word": "vatnaskratti"
        },
        {
          "word": "kumbur"
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      "ipa": "[ˈnɪːk(ʰ)ʏr]"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɪːkʏr"
    }
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  "word": "nykur"
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      "ipa": "[ˈnɪːk(ʰ)ʏr]"
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    }
  ],
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}

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