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Reykjavík
Reykjavík
See also: Reykjavik
Czech
Etymology
From Icelandic Reykjavík (“bay of smokes”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Reykjavík m
- Reykjavik (the capital of Iceland)
Finnish
Proper noun
Reykjavík
- Alternative spelling of Reykjavik (Capital of Iceland)
Declension
| Inflection of Reykjavík (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Reykjavík | — | |
| genitive | Reykjavíkin | — | |
| partitive | Reykjavíkia | — | |
| illative | Reykjavíkiin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Reykjavík | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Reykjavík | — |
| gen. | Reykjavíkin | ||
| genitive | Reykjavíkin | — | |
| partitive | Reykjavíkia | — | |
| inessive | Reykjavíkissa | — | |
| elative | Reykjavíkista | — | |
| illative | Reykjavíkiin | — | |
| adessive | Reykjavíkilla | — | |
| ablative | Reykjavíkilta | — | |
| allative | Reykjavíkille | — | |
| essive | Reykjavíkina | — | |
| translative | Reykjavíkiksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Reykjavíkitta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
Icelandic
Etymology
Literally “bay of smokes”, from Old Norse Reykjavík, from reykja, genitive plural of reykr (“smoke”) + vík (“bay”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈreiːcaˌviːk]
Proper noun
Reykjavík f
Old Norse
Etymology
From reykir, plural of reykr (“smoke”) + vík (“bay”).
Proper noun
Reykjavík f
- Reykjavik (referring to the bay between Seltjarnarnes and the mouth of the Elliðaár and the farm nearby where Ingólfr Arnarson lived)
Descendants
- Icelandic: Reykjavík