þvottabjörn
Icelandic
A mother raccoon and her four kits eating cherries in a suburban backyard in Burnaby, BC.
Etymology
From þvottur (“washing”) + björn (“bear”).
Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål vaskebjørn, Danish vaskebjørn, Swedish tvättbjörn, and German Waschbär.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθvɔhtaˌpjœrtn/
Declension
declension of þvottabjörn
| m-s3 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | þvottabjörn | þvottabjörninn | þvottabirnir | þvottabirnirnir |
| accusative | þvottabjörn | þvottabjörninn | þvottabirni | þvottabirnina |
| dative | þvottabirni | þvottabirninum | þvottabjörnum | þvottabjörnunum |
| genitive | þvottabjarnar | þvottabjarnarins | þvottabjarna | þvottabjarnanna |
Further reading
- “þvottabjörn” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
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