"Orkneyjar" meaning in Old Norse

See Orkneyjar in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: Adapted from a Pictish word (perhaps from Proto-Celtic *ɸorkos (“pig”)), with a suffixed eyjar (“islands”). Compare Latin Orcades. Etymology templates: {{der|non|xpi|-}} Pictish, {{der|non|cel-pro|*ɸorkos|t=pig}} Proto-Celtic *ɸorkos (“pig”), {{m|non|ey|eyjar|islands}} eyjar (“islands”), {{cog|la|Orcades}} Latin Orcades Head templates: {{head|non|proper nouns|g=f-p|g2=|head=|tr=}} Orkneyjar f pl, {{non-proper noun|f-p}} Orkneyjar f pl Inflection templates: {{non-decl-f-jo|Orkney|form=plur}}, {{non-decl-blank-plur|apd=Orkneyjarnar|api=Orkneyjar|asd=Orkneyina|asi=Orkney|dpd=Orkneyjunum|dpi=Orkneyjum|dsd=Orkneyinni|dsi=Orkney|g=feminine|gpd=Orkneyjanna|gpi=Orkneyja|gsd=Orkneyjarinnar|gsi=Orkneyjar|notes=|npd=Orkneyjarnar|npi=Orkneyjar|nsd=Orkneyin|nsi=Orkney|stem=strong jō-stem|title=Orkneyjar}}, {{non-decl-cell|Orkneyjar|npi}}, {{non-decl-cell|Orkneyjarnar|npd}}, {{non-decl-cell|Orkneyjar|api}}, {{non-decl-cell|Orkneyjarnar|apd}}, {{non-decl-cell|Orkneyjum|dpi}}, {{non-decl-cell|Orkneyjunum|dpd}}, {{non-decl-cell|Orkneyja|gpi}}, {{non-decl-cell|Orkneyjanna|gpd}} Forms: strong [table-tags], Orkneyjar [indefinite, nominative, plural], Orkneyjarnar [definite, nominative, plural], Orkneyjar [accusative, indefinite, plural], Orkneyjarnar [accusative, definite, plural], Orkneyjum [dative, indefinite, plural], Orkneyjunum [dative, definite, plural], Orkneyja [genitive, indefinite, plural], Orkneyjanna [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. the Orkney Islands Tags: feminine, plural Categories (place): Islands Derived forms: Orkneyingr, orkneyskr

Inflected forms

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          "args": {
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          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: Orkneyjar f pl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: Orkneyjar f pl"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fo",
            "2": "Orknoyggjar",
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          },
          "expansion": "Faroese: Orknoyggjar f pl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Faroese: Orknoyggjar f pl"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "Orknøyar",
            "3": ";",
            "4": "Orknøyane<q:definite form>",
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          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk: Orknøyar f pl; (definite form) Orknøyane, Orknøyarne",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Nynorsk: Orknøyar f pl; (definite form) Orknøyane, Orknøyarne"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
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          "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål: Orknøyene m pl or f pl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Bokmål: Orknøyene m pl or f pl"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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            "1": "da",
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        }
      ],
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    },
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        }
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    }
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        "table-tags"
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        "plural"
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        "plural"
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        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
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        "plural"
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    {
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        "genitive",
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Orkneyjanna",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
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        "head": "",
        "tr": ""
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        "1": "f-p"
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        "1": "Orkneyjanna",
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    }
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  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "name",
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
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        {
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          "name": "Old Norse pluralia tantum",
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            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
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        },
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            "Names",
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            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
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            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "word": "Orkneyingr"
        },
        {
          "word": "orkneyskr"
        }
      ],
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        "the Orkney Islands"
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "Orkney Islands"
        ]
      ],
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        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}
{
  "derived": [
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      "word": "Orkneyingr"
    },
    {
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    }
  ],
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        {
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          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: Orkneyjar f pl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: Orkneyjar f pl"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fo",
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        }
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      "text": "Faroese: Orknoyggjar f pl"
    },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Nynorsk: Orknøyar f pl; (definite form) Orknøyane, Orknøyarne"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swedish: Orknöarna c pl"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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            "2": "Ørkenøerne",
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        }
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            "4": "Orkney Islands",
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          },
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        }
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    }
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        "table-tags"
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        "plural"
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        "plural"
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        "plural"
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        "plural"
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        "Old Norse feminine nouns",
        "Old Norse jō-stem nouns",
        "Old Norse lemmas",
        "Old Norse pluralia tantum",
        "Old Norse proper nouns",
        "Old Norse terms derived from Pictish",
        "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
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        "the Orkney Islands"
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          "Orkney Islands",
          "Orkney Islands"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Orkneyjar"
}

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