svipur

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse svipr (“quick movement; expression; moment; loss”). Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk and Danish svip (“appearance”), Swedish svep (“moment”). Possibly from Proto-Germanic *swipaz (with change of inflection) and cognate with English (dialectal) swip (“exact image”), and Middle High German swif (“quick movement”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsvɪːpʏr/ Rhymes: -ɪːpʏr === Noun === svipur m (genitive singular svips, nominative plural svipir) expression, facial expression Synonyms: svipbrigði n pl, andlitssvipur þungur á svip ― with a serious face appearance, look Synonyms: útlit n, svipmót n slight resemblance, similarity or similitude Synonym: líking f Hyponym: hjónasvipur (“when a couple look alike”) það er svipur með þeim ― they look a bit like each other spectre, apparition Synonym: vofa f ekki nema svipur hjá sjón ― a shadow of one's former self (literally, “only a spectre at sight”) (in fixed expressions) moment Synonyms: svipstund f, svipan f (“moment”) í svipinn ― at the moment í svip ― for a moment ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== svipa (“to resemble”) svipaður (“similar”) svipan f (“moment”) === References === === Further reading === Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2026), “svipur”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies “svipur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages) == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === svìpur f indefinite plural of svìpu