sóley
Icelandic
Etymology
From sól (“sun”) + ey (“island”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsou̯ːlɛi̯/
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Noun
sóley f (genitive singular sóleyjar, nominative plural sóleyjar)
- any of various plants in the genus Ranunculus of buttercups
- specifically, the meadow buttercup (Ranunculus acris)
- Synonym: brennisóley
- specifically, the meadow buttercup (Ranunculus acris)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | sóley | sóleyin | sóleyjar | sóleyjarnar |
| accusative | sóley | sóleyna | sóleyjar | sóleyjarnar |
| dative | sóley | sóleynni | sóleyjum | sóleyjunum |
| genitive | sóleyjar | sóleyjarinnar | sóleyja | sóleyjanna |
See also
- bergsóley (“clematis”)
- brekkusóley (“field pansy (Viola arvensis)”)
- brennisóley (“meadow buttercup (Ranunculus acris)”)
- draumsóley (“poppy (Papaver)”)
- dvergsóley (“pygmy buttercup (Ranunculus pygmaeus)”)
- flagasóley (“creeping spearwort (Ranunculus reptans)”)
- holtasóley (“mountain avens (Dryas octopetala)”)
- hófsóley (“marsh marigold (Caltha palustris)”)
- jöklasóley (“glacier buttercup (Ranunculus glacialis)”)
- lónasóley (“longbeak buttercup (Ranunculus eradicatus)”)
- lækjasóley (“marsh marigold (Caltha palustris)”)
- mýrasóley (“marsh grass of Parnassus (Parnassia palustris)”)
- sifjarsóley (“goldilocks buttercup (Ranunculus auricomus)”)
- silfursóley (“aconite-leaf buttercup (Ranunculus aconitifolius)”)
- skógarsóley (“anemone”)
- skriðsóley (“creeping buttercup (Ranunculus repens)”)
- trefjasóley (“high northern buttercup (Ranunculus hyperboreus)”)