aðfangadagur

Icelandic

Etymology

From aðföng +‎ dagur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈað.fauŋkaˌtaːɣʏr/

Noun

aðfangadagur m (genitive singular aðfangadags, nominative plural aðfangadagar)

  1. Christmas Eve (the day before Christmas day)
    aðfangadagur jóla ― Christmas Eve

Declension

Declension of aðfangadagur (masculine, based on dagur)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative aðfangadagur aðfangadagurinn aðfangadagar aðfangadagarnir
accusative aðfangadag aðfangadaginn aðfangadaga aðfangadagana
dative aðfangadegi aðfangadeginum aðfangadögum aðfangadögunum
genitive aðfangadags aðfangadagsins aðfangadaga aðfangadaganna

Derived terms

References

  • Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “aðfangadagur”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
  • Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
  • “aðfangadagur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
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