meydómur

Icelandic

Etymology

Composed of mey (“virgin”) +‎ -dómur (“-ity”), calque of Danish mødom (“virginity”).

Noun

meydómur m (genitive singular meydóms, no plural)

1. a woman's virginity

   að missa meydóminn ― to lose one's virginity

Noun

Declension of meydómur (sg-only masculine, based on -dómur)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	meydómur	meydómurinn
accusative	meydóm	meydóminn
dative	meydómi	meydómnum, meydóminum
genitive	meydóms	meydómsins

Related terms

• sveindómur (“a man's virginity”)
• afmeyja (“deflower”)