aðfangadagur
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]aðfangadagur m (genitive singular aðfangadags, nominative plural aðfangadagar)
- Christmas Eve (the day before Christmas day)
- aðfangadagur jóla ― Christmas Eve
Declension
[edit]Declension of aðfangadagur (masculine, based on dagur)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | aðfangadagur | aðfangadagurinn | aðfangadagar | aðfangadagarnir |
| accusative | aðfangadag | aðfangadaginn | aðfangadaga | aðfangadagana |
| dative | aðfangadegi | aðfangadeginum | aðfangadögum | aðfangadögunum |
| genitive | aðfangadags | aðfangadagsins | aðfangadaga | aðfangadaganna |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “aðfangadagur”, 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
- “aðfangadagur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)