slippur

Icelandic

Etymology

Probably from German Schlippe (“narrow passage, alley”, literally “something to slip into”), from Middle Low German slippen, from Old Saxon *slīpan, from Proto-West Germanic *slīpan.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈstlɪhpʏr]
    Rhymes: -ɪhpʏr
    Homophones: slyppur

Noun

slippur m (genitive singular slipps, nominative plural slippir)

  1. shipyard

Declension
declension of slippur
m-s2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative slippur slippurinn slippir slippirnir
accusative slipp slippinn slippi slippina
dative slipp slippnum slippum slippunum
genitive slipps slippsins slippa slippanna
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