fúx

See also: Fux

Icelandic

FWOTD – 1 October 2019

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish fuks (“poor/underachieving student”), from German Fuchs, Fux (“new student, fresher”), older also Feix, Feits, probably from archaic Feist (“fart”), from Middle High German vīst; see feist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuxs/

Noun

fúx m (genitive singular fúx, nominative plural fúxar)

1. underachiever

   Synonym: bekkjarlalli m

   Antonym: dúx m

   • 1958, Árdís‎^[1], number 26, page 25:

     Dúxinn hefur öllu að tapa en fúxinn allt að vinna.

     The overachiever has everything to lose but the underachiever everything to gain.

Declension

Declension of fúx (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fúx	fúxinn	fúxar	fúxarnir
accusative	fúx	fúxinn	fúxa	fúxana
dative	fúx	fúxinum	fúxum	fúxunum
genitive	fúx	fúxins	fúxa	fúxanna