aðhald
Icelandic
Etymology
From að- + hald.
Noun
aðhald n (genitive singular aðhalds, no plural)
- support, assistance
- Synonym: stuðningur
- supervision, restraint, control
- Synonym: taumhald
- 2000, Gunnar G. Schram, Ísland á Nýrri Öld, University of Iceland Press, →ISBN, page 147:
- Aðhald og eftirlit með framkvæmdarvaldi og stjórnsýslunni hefur að ýmsu leyti verið styrkt í formi og framkvæmd.
- Supervision and surveillance of executive power and the administration has been supported in form and function in various ways.
- thrift, economizing, the act of saving money
- Synonym: sparnaður
- slimming
- Synonym: megrun
Declension
| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | aðhald | aðhaldið |
| accusative | aðhald | aðhaldið |
| dative | aðhaldi | aðhaldinu |
| genitive | aðhalds | aðhaldsins |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “aðhald” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)