sólarhringur

Icelandic

Etymology

From sól (“sun”) +‎ hringur (“ring, cycle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsouːlarˌr̥iŋkʏr]

Noun

sólarhringur m (genitive singular sólarhrings, nominative plural sólarhringar)

1. a period of a whole day and night, i.e. 24 hours; nychthemeron

Declension

Declension of sólarhringur (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sólarhringur	sólarhringurinn	sólarhringar	sólarhringarnir
accusative	sólarhring	sólarhringinn	sólarhringa	sólarhringana
dative	sólarhring	sólarhringnum	sólarhringum	sólarhringunum
genitive	sólarhrings	sólarhringsins	sólarhringa	sólarhringanna

Derived terms

• sólarhrings- (“circadian”)