morgunn

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse morgunn, morginn, myrginn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔrkʏn(ː)/
    Rhymes: -ɔrkʏn

Noun

morgunn m (genitive singular morguns, nominative plural morgnar)

  1. a morning
    • Genesis 1 (Icelandic translation)
      Guð sagði: „Verði ljós!“ Og það varð ljós. Guð sá, að ljósið var gott, og Guð greindi ljósið frá myrkrinu. Og Guð kallaði ljósið dag, en myrkrið kallaði hann nótt. Það varð kveld og það varð morgunn, hinn fyrsti dagur.
      And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness. God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

Declension

Declension of morgunn (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative morgunn morgunninn morgnar morgnarnir
accusative morgun morguninn morgna morgnana
dative morgni morgninum morgnum morgnunum
genitive morguns morgunsins morgna morgnanna

Derived terms

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