skikkanlegur

Icelandic

Adjective

skikkanlegur (comparative skikkanlegri, superlative skikkanlegastur)

1. decent, honourable

   Synonym: heiðvirður

   • 1973, Jón Steingrímsson, Ævisagan og önnur rit, page 192:

     Marga skikkanlega menn dreymdi það, sem eftir kom.

     Many honourable men had dreams of what was to come

Declension

    positive (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	skikkanlegur	skikkanleg	skikkanlegt
accusative	skikkanlegan	skikkanlega	skikkanlegt
dative	skikkanlegum	skikkanlegri	skikkanlegu
genitive	skikkanlegs	skikkanlegrar	skikkanlegs
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	skikkanlegir	skikkanlegar	skikkanleg
accusative	skikkanlega	skikkanlegar	skikkanleg
dative	skikkanlegum	skikkanlegum	skikkanlegum
genitive	skikkanlegra	skikkanlegra	skikkanlegra

    positive (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	skikkanlegi	skikkanlega	skikkanlega
accusative	skikkanlega	skikkanlegu	skikkanlega
dative	skikkanlega	skikkanlegu	skikkanlega
genitive	skikkanlega	skikkanlegu	skikkanlega
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	skikkanlegu	skikkanlegu	skikkanlegu
accusative	skikkanlegu	skikkanlegu	skikkanlegu
dative	skikkanlegu	skikkanlegu	skikkanlegu
genitive	skikkanlegu	skikkanlegu	skikkanlegu

    comparative

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	skikkanlegri	skikkanlegri	skikkanlegra
accusative	skikkanlegri	skikkanlegri	skikkanlegra
dative	skikkanlegri	skikkanlegri	skikkanlegra
genitive	skikkanlegri	skikkanlegri	skikkanlegra
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	skikkanlegri	skikkanlegri	skikkanlegri
accusative	skikkanlegri	skikkanlegri	skikkanlegri
dative	skikkanlegri	skikkanlegri	skikkanlegri
genitive	skikkanlegri	skikkanlegri	skikkanlegri

    superlative (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	skikkanlegastur	skikkanlegust	skikkanlegast
accusative	skikkanlegastan	skikkanlegasta	skikkanlegast
dative	skikkanlegustum	skikkanlegastri	skikkanlegustu
genitive	skikkanlegasts	skikkanlegastrar	skikkanlegasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	skikkanlegastir	skikkanlegastar	skikkanlegust
accusative	skikkanlegasta	skikkanlegastar	skikkanlegust
dative	skikkanlegustum	skikkanlegustum	skikkanlegustum
genitive	skikkanlegastra	skikkanlegastra	skikkanlegastra

    superlative (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	skikkanlegasti	skikkanlegasta	skikkanlegasta
accusative	skikkanlegasta	skikkanlegustu	skikkanlegasta
dative	skikkanlegasta	skikkanlegustu	skikkanlegasta
genitive	skikkanlegasta	skikkanlegustu	skikkanlegasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	skikkanlegustu	skikkanlegustu	skikkanlegustu
accusative	skikkanlegustu	skikkanlegustu	skikkanlegustu
dative	skikkanlegustu	skikkanlegustu	skikkanlegustu
genitive	skikkanlegustu	skikkanlegustu	skikkanlegustu

Further reading

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