þúnautur

Icelandic

Etymology

From þú (“thou”) +‎ -nautur (agent suffix).

Noun

þúnautur m (genitive singular þúnautar or þúnauts, nominative plural þúnautar)

1. someone with whom one is on close enough terms with to thou (address with the informal second person pronoun)

Declension

Declension of þúnautur (masculine, based on -nautur)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	þúnautur	þúnauturinn	þúnautar	þúnautarnir
accusative	þúnaut	þúnautinn	þúnauta	þúnautana
dative	þúnaut, þúnauti1	þúnautnum	þúnautum	þúnautunum
genitive	þúnautar, þúnauts	þúnautarins, þúnautsins	þúnauta	þúnautanna

¹Much less common.

Synonyms

• þúbróðir