unaður

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse unað (“comfort, satisfaction”), perhaps derived from Proto-Germanic *wunjō (“joy”).

Noun

unaður m (genitive singular unaðar or unaðs, no plural)

1. joy, delight

Declension

Declension of unaður (sg-only masculine)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	unaður	unaðurinn
accusative	unað	unaðinn
dative	unaði	unaðinum, unaðnum
genitive	unaðar, unaðs	unaðarins, unaðsins

Derived terms

• unaðslegur

Further reading

• “unaður” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)