nábrók
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ná- (“pertaining to a cadaver or death”) + brók (“underpants, briefs; trousers”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nábrók f (genitive singular nábrókar, nominative plural nábrækur)
- (historical) a pair of pants made from the skin of the lower half (below the waist) of a dead man, used for sorcery: necropants
- Synonyms: skollabrók, Papeyjarbuxur, galdrabrækur
Declension
[edit]Declension of nábrók (feminine, based on brók)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | nábrók | nábrókin | nábrækur | nábrækurnar |
| accusative | nábrók | nábrókina | nábrækur | nábrækurnar |
| dative | nábrók | nábrókinni | nábrókum | nábrókunum |
| genitive | nábrókar | nábrókarinnar | nábróka | nábrókanna |