geitungur
Icelandic
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈceiːtuŋkʏr/
- Rhymes: -eiːtuŋkʏr
Noun
[edit]geitungur m (genitive singular geitungs, nominative plural geitungar)
- wasp (Vespidae)
- Synonym: vespa
- 1906, Zacharias Topelius, “Áróra Königsmark”, in Sögur herlæknisins[1], volume 3:
- Eða get um við unað því í ró, að hann Óginskí er sífellt á sveimi umhverfis herbúðir vorar, eins og geitungur.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
[edit]Declension of geitungur (masculine)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | geitungur | geitungurinn | geitungar | geitungarnir |
| accusative | geitung | geitunginn | geitunga | geitungana |
| dative | geitungi | geitungnum | geitungum | geitungunum |
| genitive | geitungs | geitungsins | geitunga | geitunganna |
Further reading
[edit]- “geitungur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)