öryrki

Icelandic

Etymology

From ör- (“minuscule”) +‎ yrkja (“to cultivate land”), the latter being related to verk (“task”), compare einyrki (“someone who works alone”).

Noun

öryrki m (genitive singular öryrkja, nominative plural öryrkjar)

1. someone whose disability prevents them from working a full-time job, a disabled person, an invalid

Declension

Declension of öryrki (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	öryrki	öryrkinn	öryrkjar	öryrkjarnir
accusative	öryrkja	öryrkjann	öryrkja	öryrkjana
dative	öryrkja	öryrkjanum	öryrkjum	öryrkjunum
genitive	öryrkja	öryrkjans	öryrkja	öryrkjanna

Related terms

• örorka (“a disability that prevents someone from working”)
• örorkubætur (“disability compensation”)
• örorkumat (“a disability evaluation”)
• örorkulífeyrir (“disability support pension”)
• starfsgeta (“work ability score”)