bindindismaður

Icelandic

Etymology

From bindindi (“abstinence”) +‎ maður (“person”).

Noun

bindindismaður m (genitive singular bindindismanns, nominative plural bindindismenn)

1. person who completely abstains from drinking alcohol, a teetotaler

Declension

Declension of bindindismaður (masculine irreg-stem, based on maður)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bindindismaður	bindindismaðurinn	bindindismenn	bindindismennirnir
accusative	bindindismann	bindindismanninn	bindindismenn	bindindismennina
dative	bindindismanni	bindindismanninum	bindindismönnum	bindindismönnunum
genitive	bindindismanns	bindindismannsins	bindindismanna	bindindismannanna

Related terms

• áfengisbindindi (“abstinence from alcohol”)
• vínbindindi (“abstinence from alcohol”)
• edrú (“sober”)

Further reading

• “bindindismaður” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)