frilla
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse friðla (“a mistress, a harlot, a concubine”), usually contracted as frilla. Cognate with Danish frille, confer friðill.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfrɪtla/
- Rhymes: -ɪtla
Noun
frilla f (genitive singular frillu, nominative plural frillur)
- concubine, mistress
Declension
declension of frilla
| f-w1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | frilla | frillan | frillur | frillurnar |
| accusative | frillu | frilluna | frillur | frillurnar |
| dative | frillu | frillunni | frillum | frillunum |
| genitive | frillu | frillunnar | frilla | frillanna |
Synonyms
- (concubine): elja, hjákona
Derived terms
Derived terms
- frillubarn
- frilluborinn
- frilludóttir
- frillulíferni
- frillulífi
- frillulífisbrot
- frillulífismaður
- frillulifnaðarsynd
- frillulifnaður
- frillulífsmaður
- frilluson
- frillusonur
- frillutak
- taka frillutaki
Related terms
- friðill
Swedish
Noun
frilla c
- (colloquial) haircut; diminutive of frisyr
- (archaic) concubine, mistress
Declension
| Declension of frilla | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | frilla | frillan | frillor | frillorna |
| Genitive | frillas | frillans | frillors | frillornas |
Synonyms
- (haircut): frissa
- (concubine): konkubin, bihustru