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hegri

hegri

Faroese

Hegri.

Noun

hegri m (genitive singular hegra, plural hegrar)

  1. a heron (long-legged freshwater and coastal birds of the family Ardeidae)

Declension

m1 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative hegri hegrin hegrar hegrarnir
Accusative hegra hegran hegrar hegrarnar
Dative hegra hegranum hegrum hegrunum
Genitive hegra hegrans hegra hegranna

Derived terms

  • hegrafótur
  • hegrakynið

Related terms


Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hegri, from Proto-Germanic *haigrô, metathesis of *hraigrô, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreik-, *(s)kreig- (to screech, creak).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛɣrɪ/
    Rhymes: -ɛɣrɪ

Noun

hegri m (genitive singular hegra, nominative plural hegrar)

  1. a heron

Declension

Derived terms

Mynd af hegra. (“A picture of a heron.”)
  • bláhegri
  • fiskhegri
  • fiskihegri
  • gráhegri
  • Hegrabjarg
  • hegrafjöður
  • hegrakló
  • hegranef
  • Hegranes
  • hegranessýsla
  • Hegranesþing
  • Hegrastaðir
  • hegrategund
  • hegraætt
  • Hegrinn
  • kolahegri
  • kúhegri
  • minnishegri
  • mjallhegri
  • nátthegri
  • óminnishegri
  • sefhegri
  • silkihegri
  • stjörnuhegri