flís

See also: flis

Czech

Noun

flís m inan

  1. fleece (insulating wooly garment)

Declension
Declension of flís (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative flís flísy
genitive flísu flísů
dative flísu flísům
accusative flís flísy
vocative flíse flísy
locative flísu flísech
instrumental flísem flísy

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fliːs/
    Rhymes: -iːs

Etymology 1

From Old Norse flís.

Noun

flís f (genitive singular flísar, nominative plural flísar)

  1. a splinter, a chip, a sliver
Declension
declension of flís
f-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative flís flísin flísar flísarnar
accusative flís flísina flísar flísarnar
dative flís flísinni flísum flísunum
genitive flísar flísarinnar flísa flísanna
Synonyms
  • afklofi
Derived terms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Danish flise.

Noun

flís f (genitive singular flísar, nominative plural flísar)

  1. a tile
Declension
declension of flís
f-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative flís flísin flísar flísarnar
accusative flís flísina flísar flísarnar
dative flís flísinni flísum flísunum
genitive flísar flísarinnar flísa flísanna
Synonyms

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English fleece.

Noun

flís n (genitive singular flíss, nominative plural flís)

  1. fleece (type of fabric)
Declension
declension of flís
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative flís flísið flís flísin
accusative flís flísið flís flísin
dative flísi flísinu flísum flísunum
genitive flíss flíssins flísa flísanna

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *flīsō, related to *flaiski (“flesh, meat”).[1]

Noun

flís f (genitive flísar, plural flísir)

  1. splinter, chip (of wood)
    Synonym: spánn

Declension
  Declension of flís (strong i-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative flís flísin flísir flísirnar
accusative flís flísina flísir flísirnar
dative flís flísinni flísum flísunum
genitive flísar flísarinnar flísa flísanna

Descendants
  • Icelandic: flís
  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Bokmål: flis m or f
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: flis f

References
  • “flís”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 835, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 835
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