-dóttir

See also: dottir and dóttir

Icelandic

Etymology

From dóttir, from Nordic patronymic traditions.

Suffix

-dóttir f (noun-forming suffix, genitive singular -dóttur or (proscribed) -dóttir, nominative plural dætur)

  1. Added to a given name (the father's or mother's) to form a patronymic or matronymic last name for the daughter of the person whose given name is used

Declension

Declension of -dóttir (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative -dóttir -dóttirin dætur dæturnar
accusative -dóttur, -dóttir1 -dótturina, -dóttirina1 dætur dæturnar
dative -dóttur, -dóttir1 -dótturinni, -dóttirinni1 dætrum dætrunum
genitive -dóttur, -dóttir1 -dótturinnar, -dóttirinnar1 dætra dætranna

1Proscribed.

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