-dóttir

See also: dottir and dóttir

Icelandic

Etymology

From dóttir, from Nordic patronymic traditions.

Suffix

-dóttir f (noun-forming suffix, genitive singular -dóttur or (proscribed) -dóttir, nominative plural dætur)

1. Added to a given name (the father's or mother's) to form a patronymic or matronymic last name for the daughter of the person whose given name is used

Declension

Declension of -dóttir (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	-dóttir	-dóttirin	dætur	dæturnar
accusative	-dóttur, -dóttir1	-dótturina, -dóttirina1	dætur	dæturnar
dative	-dóttur, -dóttir1	-dótturinni, -dóttirinni1	dætrum	dætrunum
genitive	-dóttur, -dóttir1	-dótturinnar, -dóttirinnar1	dætra	dætranna

¹Proscribed.

Coordinate terms

• -son