bítur

Icelandic

Noun

bítur m (genitive singular bíts, nominative plural bítir or bítar)

1. a fox which attacks livestock
2. (in compounds about something which bites or is bitten)

   dýrbítur ― predator (literally, “animal-biter”)

   steinbítur ― Atlantic wolf fish (literally, “stone-biter”)

   árbítur ― a light breakfast

Declension

Declension of bítur (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bítur	bíturinn	bítir, bítar	bítirnir, bítarnir
accusative	bít	bítinn	bíti, bíta	bítina, bítana
dative	bít	bítnum	bítum	bítunum
genitive	bíts	bítsins	bíta	bítanna

References

• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2024), “bítur”, 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