ósmeykur

Icelandic

Etymology

From ó- +‎ smeykur.

Adjective

ósmeykur (comparative ósmeykari, superlative ósmeykastur)

1. unafraid, fearless

Declension

positive forms of ósmeykur

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	ósmeykur	ósmeyk	ósmeykt
	accusative	ósmeykan	ósmeyka
	dative	ósmeykum	ósmeykri	ósmeyku
	genitive	ósmeyks	ósmeykrar	ósmeyks
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	ósmeykir	ósmeykar	ósmeyk
	accusative	ósmeyka
	dative	ósmeykum
	genitive	ósmeykra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	ósmeyki	ósmeyka	ósmeyka
	acc/dat/gen	ósmeyka	ósmeyku
	plural (all-case)	ósmeyku

comparative forms of ósmeykur

weak declension (definite)		masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular (all-case)	ósmeykari	ósmeykari	ósmeykara
	plural (all-case)	ósmeykari

superlative forms of ósmeykur

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	ósmeykastur	ósmeykust	ósmeykast
	accusative	ósmeykastan	ósmeykasta
	dative	ósmeykustum	ósmeykastri	ósmeykustu
	genitive	ósmeykasts	ósmeykastrar	ósmeykasts
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	ósmeykastir	ósmeykastar	ósmeykust
	accusative	ósmeykasta
	dative	ósmeykustum
	genitive	ósmeykastra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	ósmeykasti	ósmeykasta	ósmeykasta
	acc/dat/gen	ósmeykasta	ósmeykustu
	plural (all-case)	ósmeykustu

Further reading

• “ósmeykur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)