Eyjafjallajökull

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Icelandic Eyjafjallajökull (literally “glacier of the Eyjafjöll”), where Eyjafjöll (literally “mountains of the islands”) is the name given to the southern side of the massif.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈeɪaˌfjatlaˌjɜkətl/

Proper noun

Eyjafjallajökull

  1. A glacier and volcano in southern Iceland.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Eyjafjalla (genitive of Eyjafjöll, name of the southern side of the massif, literally “mountains [fjöll] of the islands [eyja, genitive plural of ey]”) +‎ jökull (“glacier”), literally “glacier of the (mountains of the islands)”.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈeiːjaˌfjatlaˌjœːkʏtl/
  • Audio(file)
  • Audio(file)

Proper noun

Eyjafjallajökull m

  1. Eyjafjallajökull (glacier and volcano in Iceland)

Declension
declension of Eyjafjallajökull
m-s1 singular
indefinite
nominative Eyjafjallajökull
accusative Eyjafjallajökul
dative Eyjafjallajökli
genitive Eyjafjallajökuls
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.