leikur
Appearance
Faroese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]leikur m (genitive singular leiks, plural leikir)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | leikur | leikurin | leikir | leikirnir |
accusative | leik | leikin | leikir | leikirnar |
dative | leiki | leikinum | leikum | leikunum |
genitive | leiks | leiksins | leika | leikanna |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]leikur m (genitive singular leiks, nominative plural (set of rules or instance of such rules to be played) leikir or (sports competition, match) leikar)
- playing, play
- game
- (sports) match, game
- Synonym: íþróttakeppni
- Þetta var góður leikur.
- That was a good match.
- child's play
- (chess) move
- Ég er búin að gera. Þú átt leik.
- I've finished my turn. It's your move.
- acting
- Þetta var tilfinningaríkur leikur.
- That was emotional acting / an emotional performance.
Declension
[edit]Declension of leikur (masculine)
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | leikur | leikurinn | leikir1, leikar2 | leikirnir1, leikarnir2 |
accusative | leik | leikinn | leiki1, leika2 | leikina1, leikana2 |
dative | leik | leiknum | leikjum1, leikum2 | leikjunum1, leikunum2 |
genitive | leiks | leiksins | leikja1, leika2 | leikjanna1, leikanna2 |
1Set of rules or instance of such rules to be played.
2Sports competition, match.
Derived terms
[edit]- sterkur leikur (“good move”)
- sjá sér leik á borði (“to see an opportunity”)
- skakka leikinn (“to stop the fighting”)
- skerast í leikinn (“to intervene”)
- við illan leik (“with difficulty”)
- á nýjan leik (“again, once more”)
- börn að leik (“children at play”)
- eiga leik
- fara í leiki (“to play games”)
- látbragðsleikur
- barnaleikur
- vináttuleikur
References
[edit]- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
- Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “leikur”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
- Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
- “leikur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Old Norse
[edit]Noun
[edit]leikur
- nominative/accusative plural of leika f
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- Rhymes:Icelandic/eiːkʏr
- Rhymes:Icelandic/eiːkʏr/2 syllables
- Icelandic lemmas
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- is:Sports
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- is:Chess
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