kvenmaður

Icelandic

Etymology

From kven- (“of or pertaining to woman”) +‎ maður (“a person, a human being, an individual”) (Compare Old English: wīfmann (“woman”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰvɛn.maːðʏr/

Noun

kvenmaður m (genitive singular kvenmanns, nominative plural kvenmenn)

1. a woman (an adult female human being)

   Synonym: kona

Declension

Declension of kvenmaður (masculine irreg-stem, based on maður)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kvenmaður	kvenmaðurinn	kvenmenn	kvenmennirnir
accusative	kvenmann	kvenmanninn	kvenmenn	kvenmennina
dative	kvenmanni	kvenmanninum	kvenmönnum	kvenmönnunum
genitive	kvenmanns	kvenmannsins	kvenmanna	kvenmannanna