tugur
Appearance
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse tigr, tegr, tøgr, from Proto-Germanic *teguz.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tugur m (genitive singular tugar or (sometimes proscribed) tugs, nominative plural tugir)
- a group of ten
Usage notes
[edit]- Compound adjectives referring to someone's age or by some unit (of measurement) are composed of either -tugur (20-70s, 90s archaic/obsolete) or -ræður (80s-100s, 70s archaic/obsolete). The adjective tólfræður is only used to refer to something by a unit, not a person by age.
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- aldatugur
- áratugur (“decade”)
- tugþraut (“decathlon”)
- tvítugur
- þrítugur
- fertugur
- fimmtugur
- sextugur
- sjötugur
- nítugur
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
Javanese
[edit]Romanization
[edit]tugur
- Romanization of ꦠꦸꦒꦸꦂ
Categories:
- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic 2-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ʏːɣʏr
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ʏːɣʏr/2 syllables
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic masculine nouns
- Javanese non-lemma forms
- Javanese romanizations