pálmasunnudagur

Icelandic

Etymology

From pálmi (“palm”) +‎ sunnudagur (“Sunday”), from the palm fronds supposedly laid before Jesus during his entrance to Jerusalem preceding his crucifixion.

Noun

pálmasunnudagur m (genitive singular pálmasunnudags, nominative plural pálmasunnudagar)

1. Palm Sunday

Declension

Declension of pálmasunnudagur (masculine, based on dagur)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	pálmasunnudagur	pálmasunnudagurinn	pálmasunnudagar	pálmasunnudagarnir
accusative	pálmasunnudag	pálmasunnudaginn	pálmasunnudaga	pálmasunnudagana
dative	pálmasunnudegi	pálmasunnudeginum	pálmasunnudögum	pálmasunnudögunum
genitive	pálmasunnudags	pálmasunnudagsins	pálmasunnudaga	pálmasunnudaganna

Further reading

• “pálmasunnudagur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)