blökkumaður

Icelandic

Etymology

From blakkur (“dark-coloured”) +‎ maður. Cognate with English black and Norwegian Nynorsk blakk (“pale”).

Noun

blökkumaður m (genitive singular blökkumanns, nominative plural blökkumenn)

  1. black person

Declension

Declension of blökkumaður (masculine irreg-stem, based on maður)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative blökkumaður blökkumaðurinn blökkumenn blökkumennirnir
accusative blökkumann blökkumanninn blökkumenn blökkumennina
dative blökkumanni blökkumanninum blökkumönnum blökkumönnunum
genitive blökkumanns blökkumannsins blökkumanna blökkumannanna

Derived terms

  • blökku-, a prefix indicating being a black person

Further reading

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