jálkur

Icelandic

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse jalkr (“gelding; castrated horse”).

Noun

jálkur m (genitive singular jálks, nominative plural jálkar)

hackney, jade (horse too old to be put to work)

Declension

declension of jálkur

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
m-s1	singular		plural
nominative	jálkur	jálkurinn	jálkar	jálkarnir
accusative	jálk	jálkinn	jálka	jálkana
dative	jálki	jálkinum	jálkum	jálkunum
genitive	jálks	jálksins	jálka	jálkanna

Further reading

“jálkur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

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