flasa

See also: flaša, fľaša, and flåsa

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈflaːsa/
  • Rhymes: -aːsa

Etymology 1

From Old Norse flasa, from a Proto-Germanic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *plē- (“to cut off, split off”), probably related to *pleh₂- (“flat”) and thus English flake, along with Faroese fles (“skerry”).[1]

Noun

flasa f (genitive singular flösu, no plural)

  1. dandruff
Declension

Etymology 2

See flas (“haste”)

Verb

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flasa

  1. (transitive, with preposition að) to rush into, to go into something hastily
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References

  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 2424, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 2424
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