tugur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse tigr, tegr, tøgr, from Proto-Germanic *teguz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰʏːɣʏr/

  Rhymes: -ʏːɣʏr

Noun

tugur m (genitive singular tugar or (sometimes proscribed) tugs, nominative plural tugir)

1. a group of ten

Declension

Declension of tugur (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tugur	tugurinn	tugir	tugirnir
accusative	tug	tuginn	tugi	tugina
dative	tug, tugi	tugnum	tugum	tugunum
genitive	tugar, tugs1	tugarins, tugsins1	tuga	tuganna

¹Sometimes proscribed.

Derived terms

• aldatugur
• áratugur (“decade”)
• tugþraut (“decathlon”)

Related terms

• tíu

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

Javanese

Romanization

tugur

1. Romanization of ꦠꦸꦒꦸꦂ