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fjós

fjós

Icelandic

Noun

fjós n ‎(genitive singular fjóss, nominative plural fjós)

a stable or barn for cattle; byre

Declension

declension of fjós

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
n-s	singular		plural
nominative	fjós	fjósið	fjós	fjósin
accusative	fjós	fjósið	fjós	fjósin
dative	fjósi	fjósinu	fjósum	fjósunum
genitive	fjóss	fjóssins	fjósa	fjósanna

Old Norse

Etymology

Contraction of an early compound of fé ‎(“cattle”) and hús ‎(“house”).

Noun

fjós n

byre

Descendants

Faroese: fjós
Icelandic: fjós
Norwegian: fjøs

Swedish: fjös, fjos, fjäs, fäjs
Elfdalian: fją̊s