vinnumaður
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From vinna (“work, labour”) + maður (“man”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]vinnumaður m (genitive singular vinnumanns, nominative plural vinnumenn)
- a male household servant, farmhand
- Synonym: húskarl
- (obsolete) laborer, worker (e.g. a factory worker, construction worker)
- Synonym: verkamaður
- (usually used with a qualifier) an industrious man, a man who works diligently
Declension
[edit]Declension of vinnumaður (masculine irreg-stem, based on maður)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | vinnumaður | vinnumaðurinn | vinnumenn | vinnumennirnir |
| accusative | vinnumann | vinnumanninn | vinnumenn | vinnumennina |
| dative | vinnumanni | vinnumanninum | vinnumönnum | vinnumönnunum |
| genitive | vinnumanns | vinnumannsins | vinnumanna | vinnumannanna |