martröð
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]martröð f (genitive singular martraðar, nominative plural martraðir)
- nightmare
- Fjögurra ára sonur minn fékk martröð um jólaköttinn.
- My four-year-old son had a nightmare about the jólaköttur (“Yule cat”).
- (figuratively) any bad, miserable, difficult or terrifying situation or experience that arouses severe anxiety, terror or agony
Declension
[edit]Declension of martröð (feminine)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | martröð | martröðin | martraðir | martraðirnar |
| accusative | martröð | martröðina | martraðir | martraðirnar |
| dative | martröð | martröðinni | martröðum | martröðunum |
| genitive | martraðar | martraðarinnar | martraða | martraðanna |
Further reading
[edit]- “martröð” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)