kennari

From kenna (“to teach”) +‎ -ari (“suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈcʰɛnːaːrɪ/

  Rhymes: -ɛnːaːrɪ

kennari m (genitive singular kennara, nominative plural kennarar)

1. a teacher

   Hún er góður kennari.

   She is a good teacher.

   Jónas er undarlegur kennari, en samt skemmtilegur.

   Mister Jónas is a strange teacher, but fun nevertheless.

• Like most occupational terms, kennari, although grammatically masculine, may be used for either sex. The term kennslukona (literally “teaching woman”) may also be used to refer to a female teacher specifically.

• kennarasleikja