umboðsmaður
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Faroese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse umboðsmaðr, equivalent to umboð + -s- + maður.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]umboðsmaður m (genitive singular umboðsmans, plural umboðsmenn)
Declension
[edit]m41 | singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | umboðsmaður | umboðsmaðurin | umboðsmenn | umboðsmenninir |
accusative | umboðsmann | umboðsmannin | umboðsmenn | umboðsmenninar |
dative | umboðsmanni | umboðsmanninum | umboðsmonnum | umboðsmonnunum |
genitive | umboðsmans | umboðsmansins | umboðsmanna | umboðsmannanna |
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- "umboðsmaður" at Sprotin.fo
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse umboðsmaðr (“a representative; an ombudsman, an attorney”), equivalent to umboð + maður.
Noun
[edit]umboðsmaður m (genitive singular umboðsmanns, nominative plural umboðsmenn)
- a representative
- Synonym: fulltrúi
- (with a licence) an attorney
- (assisting with the contractual process) an agent
- a proxy
- Synonym: málsvari
- the authorized representative of a company
- (in a store) a commission merchant, a consignee
Declension
[edit]Declension of umboðsmaður (masculine irreg-stem, based on maður)
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | umboðsmaður | umboðsmaðurinn | umboðsmenn | umboðsmennirnir |
accusative | umboðsmann | umboðsmanninn | umboðsmenn | umboðsmennina |
dative | umboðsmanni | umboðsmanninum | umboðsmönnum | umboðsmönnunum |
genitive | umboðsmanns | umboðsmannsins | umboðsmanna | umboðsmannanna |
Derived terms
[edit]- einkaumboðsmaður (“an exclusive distributor”)
- Umboðsmaður Alþingis (“Iceland Ombudsman”)
- umboðsmaður Evrópusambandsins (“European Ombudsman”)
- umboðsmaður í vátryggingum (“insurance agent”)
- umboðsmaður krúnunnar (“crown agent”)
- umboðsmaður skuldara (“debtors' ombudsman”)
- viðurkenndur umboðsmaður (“authorised agent”)
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- Faroese terms inherited from Old Norse
- Faroese terms derived from Old Norse
- Faroese compound terms
- Faroese terms interfixed with -s-
- Faroese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese nouns
- Faroese masculine nouns
- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic compound terms
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic nouns with irregular stem
- Icelandic nouns declined using scraped base declensions
- Icelandic masculine nouns