þúnautur

Icelandic

Etymology

From þú (“thou”) +‎ -nautur (agent suffix).

Noun

þúnautur m (genitive singular þúnautar or þúnauts, nominative plural þúnautar)

  1. someone with whom one is on close enough terms with to thou (address with the informal second person pronoun)
    Synonym: þúbróðir

Declension

Declension of þúnautur (masculine, based on -nautur)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative þúnautur þúnauturinn þúnautar þúnautarnir
accusative þúnaut þúnautinn þúnauta þúnautana
dative þúnaut, þúnauti1 þúnautnum þúnautum þúnautunum
genitive þúnautar, þúnauts þúnautarins, þúnautsins þúnauta þúnautanna

1Much less common.

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