kollur

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰɔtlʏr/
    Rhymes: -ɔtlʏr

Etymology 1

From Old Norse kollr, from Proto-Germanic *kullaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gelH- (“head”).

Noun

kollur m (genitive singular kolls, nominative plural kollar)

  1. a rounded protrusion (such as a rounded mountaintop or a tussock)
  2. crown (topmost part of the head)
    Synonym: hvirfill
  3. (by extension) head
    Synonyms: höfuð, (informal) haus
  4. a term of endearment for a child
  5. stool (backless chair)
    Synonym: stóll
  6. a hornless male animal (bull, ram)
Declension
Declension of kollur (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kollur kollurinn kollar kollarnir
accusative koll kollinn kolla kollana
dative kolli kollinum kollum kollunum
genitive kolls kollsins kolla kollanna
Derived terms
  • falla um koll
  • kinka kolli
  • koll af kolli

Etymology 2

Noun

kollur

  1. inflection of kolla:
    1. indefinite nominative plural
    2. indefinite accusative plural
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