glæpur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse glœpr, from Proto-Germanic *glopi-, related to *glappōną (“to slip off”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰlobʰ-neh₂-.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈklaiːpʏr/
    Rhymes: -aiːpʏr

Noun

glæpur m (genitive singular glæps, nominative plural glæpir)

  1. crime

Declension

Declension of glæpur (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative glæpur glæpurinn glæpir glæpirnir
accusative glæp glæpinn glæpi glæpina
dative glæp glæpnum glæpum glæpunum
genitive glæps glæpsins glæpa glæpanna

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “glappon”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 180
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