samúðarkveðja

Icelandic

Etymology

From samúð (“sympathy”) +‎ kveðja (“regards”).

Noun

samúðarkveðja f (genitive singular samúðarkveðju, nominative plural samúðarkveðjur)

  1. condolences (comfort, support, or sympathy offered especially to the family and friends of someone who has died)
    Innilegar samúðarkveðjur. ― My deepest condolences.

Usage notes

Practically always used in the plural.

Declension

Declension of samúðarkveðja (feminine, based on kveðja)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative samúðarkveðja samúðarkveðjan samúðarkveðjur samúðarkveðjurnar
accusative samúðarkveðju samúðarkveðjuna samúðarkveðjur samúðarkveðjurnar
dative samúðarkveðju samúðarkveðjunni samúðarkveðjum samúðarkveðjunum
genitive samúðarkveðju samúðarkveðjunnar samúðarkveðja samúðarkveðjanna
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