mánuður

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse mánuðr, variant of mánaðr, from Proto-Germanic *mēnōþs (“month”), from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”). See also máni. Cognate with Faroese mánaður, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål måned and Swedish and Norwegian Nynorsk månad, English month, Old English mōnaþ, German Monat, Dutch maand.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmauːnʏðʏr/

Noun

mánuður m (genitive singular mánaðar, nominative plural mánuðir)

  1. month

Declension

Declension of mánuður (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mánuður mánuðurinn mánuðir mánuðirnir
accusative mánuð mánuðinn mánuði mánuðina
dative mánuði mánuðinum mánuðum mánuðunum
genitive mánaðar mánaðarins mánaða mánaðanna

Derived terms

  • mánaðarlaun
  • mánaðarlegur
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