fertugur

Icelandic

Etymology

From fer- (“four”) +‎ tugur (“group of ten”).

Adjective

fertugur (not comparable)

  1. forty years old; forty, quadragenarian
  2. twenty fathoms tall/deep/long/across/etc. (which is fourty of a unit)

Usage notes

  • Also used as a noun in the neuter singular, e.g. vera um fertugt (“be about forty”), hafa tvo um fertugt (“be forty-two”).

Declension

Positive forms of fertugur
strong declension
(indefinite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative fertugur fertug fertugt
accusative fertugan fertuga
dative fertugum fertugri fertugu
genitive fertugs fertugrar fertugs
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative fertugir fertugar fertug
accusative fertuga
dative fertugum
genitive fertugra
weak declension
(definite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative fertugi fertuga fertuga
acc/dat/gen fertuga fertugu
plural (all-case) fertugu

See also

References

  • Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “fertugur”, 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
  • “fertugur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
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