-ingur
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse -ingr, from Proto-Germanic *-ingaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iŋkʏr/
- Rhymes: -iŋkʏr (note that some words with this suffix may not carry stress on the penultimate syllable, and therefore do not rhyme with the others)
Suffix
-ingur m (noun-forming suffix, genitive singular -ings, nominative plural -ingar)
- forms verbal nouns
- added to a noun stem, effecting i-mutation (if applicable), forming a noun denoting an inhabitant or original of a particular place, a student of a particular school, etc.
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | -ingur | -ingurinn | -ingar | -ingarnir |
| accusative | -ing | -inginn | -inga | -ingana |
| dative | -ingi | -ingnum | -ingum | -ingunum |
| genitive | -ings | -ingsins | -inga | -inganna |
Derived terms
Icelandic terms suffixed with -ingur
Related terms
- -ningur, -vingur
See also
- -lingur (diminutive suffix)