Orkneyjar

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse Orkneyjar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɔr̥kneiːjar/ === Proper noun === Orkneyjar f pl (proper noun, plural only, genitive plural Orkneyja) the Orkney Islands ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Orkneyingur orkneyskur == Old Norse == === Etymology === Adapted from a Pictish word (perhaps from Proto-Celtic *ɸorkos (“pig”)), with a suffixed eyjar (“islands”). Compare Latin Orcades. === Proper noun === Orkneyjar f pl the Orkney Islands ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Orkneyingr orkneyskr ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: Orkneyjar f pl Faroese: Orknoyggjar f pl Norwegian Nynorsk: Orknøyar f pl; (definite form) Orknøyane, Orknøyarne Norwegian Bokmål: Orknøyene m pl or f pl Swedish: Orknöarna c pl Danish: Ørkenøerne c pl → English: Orkney, Orkneys, Orkney Islands === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “Orkneyjar”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive