viðskeyttur boðháttur

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From viðskeyttur (something that is suffixed, something that is postfixed) and boðháttur (the imperative mood).

Noun

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viðskeyttur boðháttur m (genitive singular viðskeytts boðháttar, nominative plural viðskeyttir boðhættir)

  1. (grammar) the imperative mood with the pronouns þú sg (you) or þið pl (you) suffixed to the stem of a verb, e.g.:
    far (go!) + þið pl (you) + út (out)Far út! pl (get out!)
    keyr (drive!) + þú sg (you) + mig út í búð (me to the store)Keyrðu mig út í búð sg (drive me to the store)