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)

	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)