strengur
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Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse strengr, from Proto-Germanic *strangiz, from Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ-.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]strengur m (genitive singular strengs or strengjar, nominative plural strengir)
- a string
- (music) a string
- (countable, computing, programming) a string; (an ordered sequence of symbols or characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity)
- Synonym: stafastrengur
- (geometry) chord
Declension
[edit]| Declension of strengur | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| m-s2 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | strengur | strengurinn | strengir | strengirnir |
| accusative | streng | strenginn | strengi | strengina |
| dative | streng | strengnum | strengjum | strengjunum |
| genitive | strengs / strengjar | strengsins / strengjarins | strengja | strengjanna |
Derived terms
[edit]- bogastrengur
- strengjahljóðfæri
- tala í sama streng (to voice a similar opinion)
Further reading
[edit]- “strengur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Categories:
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Icelandic 2-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/eiŋkʏr
- Rhymes:Icelandic/eiŋkʏr/2 syllables
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic masculine nouns
- Icelandic countable nouns
- is:Music
- is:Computing
- is:Programming
- is:Geometry