orðabókargrein

Icelandic

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *werh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *werdʰh₁om

Proto-Germanic *wurdą

Old Norse orð

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵos

Proto-Germanic *bōkō?

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-?

Proto-Germanic *bōks

Old Norse bók

Icelandic orðabók

Proto-Germanic *grainiz

Old Norse grein

Icelandic grein

Icelandic orðabókargrein

Literally, “article of words’ books”. Created from orðabókar (“dictionary”, genitive plural of orðabók) +‎ grein (“article”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔrðaˌpou̯ːkar̥ˌkrei̯ːn/, [ˈɔ̝rð̠˕äˌpou̯ːkär̥ˌkrei̯ːn]

  Rhymes: -ouːkarkreiːn, -arkreiːn, -eiːn

Noun

orðabókargrein f (genitive singular orðabókargreinar, nominative plural orðabókargreinar or orðabókargreinir)

1. dictionary entry.

   Ég skil ekki af hverju þið eruð að verja það, þessi orðabókargrein var greinilega skrifuð af íkorna.

   I don’t understand why you’re defending it, this dictionary entry was clearly written by a squirrel.

   Jæja, hún er að lesa orðabókargrein.

   Well, she’s reading a dictionary entry.

   Af hverju stendur hér að mest af orðabókargrein sé búið til af gervigreind? Ég held að ég geti ekki treyst því.

   Why does it say that most of a dictionary entry was generated by an AI? I don’t think that I trust it.

Declension

Declension of orðabókargrein (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	orðabókargrein	orðabókargreinin	orðabókargreinar, orðabókargreinir	orðabókargreinarnar, orðabókargreinirnar
accusative	orðabókargrein	orðabókargreinina	orðabókargreinar, orðabókargreinir	orðabókargreinarnar, orðabókargreinirnar
dative	orðabókargrein	orðabókargreininni	orðabókargreinum	orðabókargreinunum
genitive	orðabókargreinar	orðabókargreinarinnar	orðabókargreina	orðabókargreinanna

Further reading

• “orðabókargrein”, in Ritmálssafn Orðabókar Háskólans [The Written Collection of the Lexicological Institute] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, (Can we date this quote?)