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This is the template to use for the headword of all Icelandic common nouns. This template automatically adds pages to Category:Icelandic nouns, as well as gender-specific categories such as Category:Icelandic feminine nouns.

This template contains the necessary meta-data to allow users who are using accelerated editing to create any grammatical forms semi-automatically.

Usage

Use it directly under the "part of speech" header (e.g. for hestur (“horse”)):

==Icelandic==

===Noun===
{{is-noun|m}}

# [[horse]]

This template can take various parameters, both numbered and named. See m:Help:Template for help with templates and parameters in general.

|1=: Specifies the gender and all other properties necessary to fully decline the word. The format is identical to {{is-ndecl}}; see there, and examples below.
|dim=: Specifies the diminutive form(s) of the noun.
|f=, |m=: Specifies the equivalent noun of the other gender, for words which differ depending on the natural gender of the referent. These are used especially with nouns denoting professions.
|nolinkhead=1: Don't autolink individual words in multiword expressions.
|head=, |head2=, ...: Explicitly specify the head(s). Only needed in multiword expressions when the default autolinking doesn't work right, and even then rarely needed; prefer the angle-bracket syntax with explicit links in |1=.

Noun	Code	Result
hestur (“horse”)	`{{is-noun\|m}}`	hestur m (genitive singular hests, nominative plural hestar)
arfur (“inheritance; heritage”)	`{{is-noun\|m.sg}}`	arfur m (genitive singular arfs, no plural)
fjörður (“fjord”)	`{{is-noun\|m,ar,ir.unumut.imut}}`	fjörður m (genitive singular fjarðar, nominative plural firðir)
gjöf (“gift”)	`{{is-noun\|f}}`	gjöf f (genitive singular gjafar, nominative plural gjafir)
vax (“wax”)	`{{is-noun\|n}}`	vax n (genitive singular vax, nominative plural vöx)
óðal (“hereditary farm”)	`{{is-noun\|n.uumut[traditional],umut[also common]}}`	óðal n (genitive singular óðals, nominative plural (traditional) óðöl)