þvottasnúra

Icelandic

Etymology

From þvotta (“of laundry, of washings”, genitive plural of þvottur (“laundry, a washing”)) +‎ snúra (“a chord, a line, a clothesline”).

Noun

þvottasnúra f (genitive singular þvottasnúru, nominative plural þvottasnúrur)

1. a clothesline

   Synonym: snúra

   Strengdu þvottasnúruna. ― Pull the clothesline taut.

Declension

Declension of þvottasnúra (feminine, based on snúra)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	þvottasnúra	þvottasnúran	þvottasnúrur	þvottasnúrurnar
accusative	þvottasnúru	þvottasnúruna	þvottasnúrur	þvottasnúrurnar
dative	þvottasnúru	þvottasnúrunni	þvottasnúrum	þvottasnúrunum
genitive	þvottasnúru	þvottasnúrunnar	þvottasnúra	þvottasnúranna

References

• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “þvottasnúra”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies