sextugur

Icelandic

Etymology

From sex (“six”) +‎ tugur (“group of ten”).

Adjective

sextugur (not comparable)

1. sixty years old; sixty, sexagenarian
2. twenty fathoms tall/deep/long/across/etc. (which is twenty of a unit)

Usage notes

• Also used as a noun in the neuter singular, eg. vera um sextugt (“be about sixty”), hafa tvo um sextugt (“be sixty-two”).

Declension

positive forms of sextugur

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	sextugur	sextug	sextugt
	accusative	sextugan	sextuga
	dative	sextugum	sextugri	sextugu
	genitive	sextugs	sextugrar	sextugs
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	sextugir	sextugar	sextug
	accusative	sextuga
	dative	sextugum
	genitive	sextugra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	sextugi	sextuga	sextuga
	acc/dat/gen	sextuga	sextugu
	plural (all-case)	sextugu

Related terms

• tugur
  • tvítugur
  • þrítugur
  • fertugur
  • fimmtugur
  • sjötugur
  • nítugur

See also

• ræður
  • sjöræður
  • áttræður
  • níræður
  • tíræður
  • tólfræður

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “sextugur”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
• Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
• “sextugur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)