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aðdráttur

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From að- (towards) +‎ dráttur (pulling).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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aðdráttur m (genitive singular aðdráttar, nominative plural aðdrættir)

  1. attraction
  2. (especially in the plural) supplying, resupplying, restocking
  3. (often in the plural)
    1. supplies, provisions
    2. (archaic, obsolete) material possessions, assets, resources
  4. (always in the plural) surface water, water body

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References

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  • Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “aðdráttur”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
  • Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
  • “aðdráttur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)