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dilkur.

a suckling lamb, a lamb at springtime

6 characters2 syllables approx.Íslenska language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈtɪl̥kʏr]
  1. a suckling lamb, a lamb at springtime

    masculine
  2. the young of other livestock, such as a foal or calf, suckled by its mother

    archaic · masculine
  3. an enclosed part of a fold; one of the smaller folds surrounding the main sheepfold

    masculine
    Hver bær hefur sinn dilk.
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse dilkr, from Proto-Germanic *dilkaz, related to *dajjaną, *dēaną, *dijōną (“suckle”) and *delō (“nipple”), ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle, nurse”). Originally referred to the young of any livestock (sheep, goats, horses, pigs or cattle) that are being suckled by its mother. The sense “section of a larger sheepfold” is derived metaphorically from the sense “suckling lamb”, as the smaller enclosures cling to the larger like lambs to the ewe.

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