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 forms of skikkanlegur

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	skikkanlegur	skikkanleg	skikkanlegt
	accusative	skikkanlegan	skikkanlega
	dative	skikkanlegum	skikkanlegri	skikkanlegu
	genitive	skikkanlegs	skikkanlegrar	skikkanlegs
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	skikkanlegir	skikkanlegar	skikkanleg
	accusative	skikkanlega
	dative	skikkanlegum
	genitive	skikkanlegra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	skikkanlegi	skikkanlega	skikkanlega
	acc/dat/gen	skikkanlega	skikkanlegu
	plural (all-case)	skikkanlegu

comparative forms of skikkanlegur

weak declension (definite)		masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular (all-case)	skikkanlegri	skikkanlegri	skikkanlegra
	plural (all-case)	skikkanlegri

superlative forms of skikkanlegur

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	skikkanlegastur	skikkanlegust	skikkanlegast
	accusative	skikkanlegastan	skikkanlegasta
	dative	skikkanlegustum	skikkanlegastri	skikkanlegustu
	genitive	skikkanlegasts	skikkanlegastrar	skikkanlegasts
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	skikkanlegastir	skikkanlegastar	skikkanlegust
	accusative	skikkanlegasta
	dative	skikkanlegustum
	genitive	skikkanlegastra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	skikkanlegasti	skikkanlegasta	skikkanlegasta
	acc/dat/gen	skikkanlegasta	skikkanlegustu
	plural (all-case)	skikkanlegustu

Further reading

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