fjöltyngdur

Icelandic

Etymology

From fjöl- (“many, multi, poly”) +‎ tyngdur (“tongued, lingual”), from tunga (“a tongue”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfjœl.tʰiŋtʏr/

Adjective

fjöltyngdur (comparative fjöltyngdari, superlative fjöltyngdastur)

1. multilingual, polyglot

Declension

positive forms of fjöltyngdur

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	fjöltyngdur	fjöltyngd	fjöltyngt
	accusative	fjöltyngdan	fjöltyngda
	dative	fjöltyngdum	fjöltyngdri	fjöltyngdu
	genitive	fjöltyngds	fjöltyngdrar	fjöltyngds
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	fjöltyngdir	fjöltyngdar	fjöltyngd
	accusative	fjöltyngda
	dative	fjöltyngdum
	genitive	fjöltyngdra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	fjöltyngdi	fjöltyngda	fjöltyngda
	acc/dat/gen	fjöltyngda	fjöltyngdu
	plural (all-case)	fjöltyngdu

comparative forms of fjöltyngdur

weak declension (definite)		masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular (all-case)	fjöltyngdari	fjöltyngdari	fjöltyngdara
	plural (all-case)	fjöltyngdari

superlative forms of fjöltyngdur

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	fjöltyngdastur	fjöltyngdust	fjöltyngdast
	accusative	fjöltyngdastan	fjöltyngdasta
	dative	fjöltyngdustum	fjöltyngdastri	fjöltyngdustu
	genitive	fjöltyngdasts	fjöltyngdastrar	fjöltyngdasts
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	fjöltyngdastir	fjöltyngdastar	fjöltyngdust
	accusative	fjöltyngdasta
	dative	fjöltyngdustum
	genitive	fjöltyngdastra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	fjöltyngdasti	fjöltyngdasta	fjöltyngdasta
	acc/dat/gen	fjöltyngdasta	fjöltyngdustu
	plural (all-case)	fjöltyngdustu

See also

• eintyngdur
• tvítyngdur
• þrítyngdur