skammaryrði
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Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compare skömm (“shame”) and its plural form skammir (“a scolding”) + -yrði (“a word”), from orð (“a word”).
Noun
[edit]skammaryrði n (genitive singular skammaryrðis, nominative plural skammaryrði)
- an abuse, insult, invective, epithet
- (linguistics) a pejorative
Declension
[edit]Declension of skammaryrði (neuter)
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | skammaryrði | skammaryrðið | skammaryrði | skammaryrðin |
accusative | skammaryrði | skammaryrðið | skammaryrði | skammaryrðin |
dative | skammaryrði | skammaryrðinu | skammaryrðum | skammaryrðunum |
genitive | skammaryrðis | skammaryrðisins | skammaryrða | skammaryrðanna |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2024), “skammaryrði”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies