haglabyssa

Icelandic

Etymology

From hagl (“hail; shot, pellet”) +‎ byssa (“gun”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaklaˌpɪsːa/

Noun

haglabyssa f (genitive singular haglabyssu, nominative plural haglabyssur)

1. shotgun

Declension

Declension of haglabyssa (feminine, based on byssa)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	haglabyssa	haglabyssan	haglabyssur	haglabyssurnar
accusative	haglabyssu	haglabyssuna	haglabyssur	haglabyssurnar
dative	haglabyssu	haglabyssunni	haglabyssum	haglabyssunum
genitive	haglabyssu	haglabyssunnar	haglabyssa, haglabyssna	haglabyssanna, haglabyssnanna

Further reading

• “haglabyssa” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)