bítur

Icelandic

Noun

bítur m (genitive singular bíts, nominative plural bítir or bítar)

  1. a fox which attacks livestock
  2. (in compounds about something which bites or is bitten)
    dýrbítur ― predator (literally, “animal-biter”)
    steinbítur ― Atlantic wolf fish (literally, “stone-biter”)
    árbítur ― a light breakfast

Declension

Declension of bítur (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bítur bíturinn bítir, bítar bítirnir, bítarnir
accusative bít bítinn bíti, bíta bítina, bítana
dative bít bítnum bítum bítunum
genitive bíts bítsins bíta bítanna

References

  • Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “bítur”, 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
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