firling

Danish

Etymology

Formed of fire (“four”) and -ling in accordance with tvilling (“twin”) and trilling (“triplet”).

Noun

firling

  1. quadruplet

Declension
Declension of firling
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative firling firlingen firlinger firlingerne
genitive firlings firlingens firlingers firlingernes

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Compare with tvilling (“twin”), fire (“four”) and -ing.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fiːrliŋɡ/

Noun

firling m (definite singular firlingen, indefinite plural firlingar, definite plural firlingane)

  1. quadruplet (one of four siblings born at the same time of the same mother)

References
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