rekkjunautur

Icelandic

Etymology

From rekkja (“bed”) +‎ -nautur (“companion”).

Noun

rekkjunautur m (genitive singular rekkjunautar or rekkjunauts, nominative plural rekkjunautar)

1. someone who shares a bed with someone else; bedfellow; bedmate
2. sexual partner; someone with whom one has casual sexual relations

   Synonyms: bólfélagi, hjásvæfa

Declension

Declension of rekkjunautur (masculine, based on -nautur)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	rekkjunautur	rekkjunauturinn	rekkjunautar	rekkjunautarnir
accusative	rekkjunaut	rekkjunautinn	rekkjunauta	rekkjunautana
dative	rekkjunaut, rekkjunauti1	rekkjunautnum	rekkjunautum	rekkjunautunum
genitive	rekkjunautar, rekkjunauts	rekkjunautarins, rekkjunautsins	rekkjunauta	rekkjunautanna

¹Much less common.

Further reading

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