bikar

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɪːkar/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bikarr (“large cup, beaker”).

Noun

bikar m (genitive singular bikars, nominative plural bikarar)

  1. cup, beaker, goblet
    Synonym: (archaic, poetic) vínferill
  2. (sports) cup (competition)
Declension
Declension of bikar (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bikar bikarinn bikarar bikararnir
accusative bikar bikarinn bikara bikarana
dative bikar bikarnum bikurum bikurunum
genitive bikars bikarsins bikara bikaranna

References

  • Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “bikar”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies

Etymology 2

Verb

bikar

  1. second-person singular present indicative of bika
  2. third-person singular present indicative of bika

Anagrams

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

bìkar m (definite singular bìkaren, indefinite plural bìkarar, definite plural bìkararne or bìkarane)

  1. (pre-1917) alternative form of bekar

Old Norse

Noun

bikar

  1. accusative singular indefinite of bikarr
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