fatnaður

Icelandic

Etymology

Apparently a compound of Old Norse fat (“clothing”) (itself from Proto-Germanic *fatą (“clothes”)) + an element naður of unclear interpretation and origin (as the usual sense of "adder" or "sword" makes little sense in context).

Noun

fatnaður m (genitive singular fatnaðar, no plural)

1. clothing

   Synonym: föt

Declension

Declension of fatnaður (sg-only masculine)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	fatnaður	fatnaðurinn
accusative	fatnað	fatnaðinn
dative	fatnaði	fatnaðinum, fatnaðnum
genitive	fatnaðar	fatnaðarins

Derived terms

• aðhaldsfatnaður

Further reading

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) “fatnaður”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
• “fatnaður” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)