mannasiður
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Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From manna- (“anthropo-, of or pertaining to men”) the genitive plural of maður (“a man”) and siður (“a custom”), literally meaning a "custom of men".
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mannasiður m (genitive singular mannasiðar, nominative plural mannasiðir)
- (chiefly in the plural) manners
- Það eru engir mannasiðir að hrækja á jörðina.
- Spitting on the ground is no manners.
- Kanntu ekki mannasiði?
- Don't you have any manners?
- Kanntu enga mannasiði?
- Don't you have any manners?
Declension
[edit]Declension of mannasiður (masculine)
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | mannasiður | mannasiðurinn | mannasiðir | mannasiðirnir |
accusative | mannasið | mannasiðinn | mannasiði | mannasiðina |
dative | mannasið | mannasiðnum, mannasiðinum | mannasiðum | mannasiðunum |
genitive | mannasiðar | mannasiðarins | mannasiða | mannasiðanna |