fjöður
See also: fjøður
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse fjǫðr (“feather”), from Proto-Germanic *feþrō, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ ~ pth₂én- (“feather, wing”), from *peth₂- (“to fly”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [fjœːðʏr]
- Rhymes: -œːðʏr
Noun
fjöður f (genitive singular fjaðrar, nominative plural fjaðrir)
- a feather
- (a device) a spring
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Synonyms
- (a spring): gormur m
Derived terms
- fjaðra
- fjaðrafok
- fjaðurdýna
- fjaðurpenni
- fjaðurstafur/fjöðurstafur