sykursýki

Icelandic

Etymology

From sykur (“sugar”) +‎ sýki (“illness”).

Noun

sykursýki f (genitive singular sykursýki, no plural)

1. diabetes

Declension

Declension of sykursýki (sg-only feminine, based on sýki)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	sykursýki	sykursýkin
accusative	sykursýki	sykursýkina
dative	sykursýki	sykursýkinni
genitive	sykursýki	sykursýkinnar

Derived terms

• sykursjúkur m, sykursjúk f, sykursjúkt n

References

• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2024), “sykursýki”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies