Fiskarnir

Fiskarnir is the definite plural form of the Icelandic noun fiskur, meaning "the fish." It refers to fish as a group rather than any specific individual fish. The term is used in everyday language, scientific writing, and media when discussing fish in aggregate, such as stocks, species diversity, or culinary contexts.

Linguistic note: In Icelandic, nouns inflect for number and definiteness. The base noun fiskur forms the definite plural as fiskarnir. The corresponding indefinite plural is fiskar. Other inflected forms exist (such as singular definite fiskurinn and the genitive forms), but those are not essential here.

Usage: The phrase fiskarnir can refer to all fish found in a particular body of water, a collective of species, or a market category in Icelandic discourse. It can appear in discussions of ecology, fishing quotas, cuisine, and folklore when the focus is on fish as a category.

Cultural and economic context: Iceland has a long history of fishing as a major industry. The word fiskarnir is commonly encountered in reports, policy discussions, and educational materials that treat fish as a natural resource and as food.

See also: fiskur.