maður
Appearance
Faroese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Norse maðr, from Proto-Germanic *mann-, probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mánu- (“person”), *man-.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]maður m (genitive singular mans, plural menn)
- man, male
- husband
- human being, people, man (generic)
- sailor
- member of a group
- (chess) chessman (except pawns)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | maður | maðurin | menn | menninir |
accusative | mann | mannin | menn | menninar |
dative | manni | manninum | monnum | monnunum |
genitive | mans | mansins | manna | mannanna |
Antonyms
[edit]Hyponyms
[edit]Icelandic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Norse maðr, from Proto-Germanic *mann-, probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mánu- (“person”), *man-.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]maður m (genitive singular manns, nominative plural menn)
- human being, person, humanity, mankind, man (generic)
- Synonym: manneskja
- man, adult male individual
- (mainly used with a definite article) husband
- Synonym: eiginmaður
- (chess) chess piece, chessman
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- apamaður
- árásarmaður
- besti vinur mannsins
- blámaður
- búmaður
- eiginmaður
- ekkjumaður
- flugmaður
- flutningsmaður
- formaður
- galdramaður
- glæpamaður
- gull af manni
- gullgerðarmaður
- herramaður
- herramannsmatur
- kaupmaður
- maður er manns gaman
- mannlegur
- mannorð
- mannrán
- mannræningi
- mannsmynd
- sjómaður
- spámaður
- stjórnmálamaður
- stuðningsmaður
- sundmaður
- talsmaður
- tónlistarmaður
- töframaður
- umboðsmaður
- villimaður
- yfirmaður
- þingmaður
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), “maður”, 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
- “maður” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Pronoun
[edit]maður m (genitive singular manns, no plural)
Usage notes
[edit]- The pronoun maður declines as the noun, but cannot take the definite article.
- It is placed in a clause in the same way as the noun, but the difference is in the stress: as a pronoun, it never takes the main stress in a sentence.
- It also cannot be substituted with the pronoun hann due to being a pronoun itself. Usage of þú for the fourth person is proscribed.
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- maður veit aldrei (“one never knows”)
- koma til dyranna eins og maður er klæddur
See also
[edit]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), “maður”, 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
- “maður” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Categories:
- Faroese terms inherited from Old Norse
- Faroese terms derived from Old Norse
- Faroese terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Faroese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Faroese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Faroese/ɛaːvʊɹ
- Rhymes:Faroese/ɛaːvʊɹ/2 syllables
- Faroese terms with homophones
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese nouns
- Faroese masculine nouns
- fo:Chess
- fo:Human
- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Icelandic 2-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Icelandic terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/aːðʏr
- Rhymes:Icelandic/aːðʏr/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ʏr
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ʏr/1 syllable
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic nouns with irregular stem
- Icelandic masculine nouns
- Icelandic terms with usage examples
- is:Chess
- Icelandic pronouns
- Icelandic indefinite pronouns
- Icelandic uncountable nouns
- is:Family
- is:Human