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skammaryrði

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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Compare skömm (shame) and its plural form skammir (a scolding) + -yrði (a word), from orð (a word).

Noun

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skammaryrði n (genitive singular skammaryrðis, nominative plural skammaryrði)

  1. an abuse, insult, invective, epithet
  2. (linguistics) a pejorative

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See also

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References

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  • 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