sextugur

Icelandic

Etymology

From sex (“six”) +‎ tugur (“group of ten”).

Adjective

sextugur (not comparable)

  1. sixty years old; sixty, sexagenarian
  2. twenty fathoms tall/deep/long/across/etc. (which is twenty of a unit)

Usage notes

  • Also used as a noun in the neuter singular, e.g. vera um sextugt (“be about sixty”), hafa tvo um sextugt (“be sixty-two”).

Declension

Positive forms of sextugur
strong declension
(indefinite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative sextugur sextug sextugt
accusative sextugan sextuga
dative sextugum sextugri sextugu
genitive sextugs sextugrar sextugs
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative sextugir sextugar sextug
accusative sextuga
dative sextugum
genitive sextugra
weak declension
(definite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative sextugi sextuga sextuga
acc/dat/gen sextuga sextugu
plural (all-case) sextugu

See also

References

  • Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
  • Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “sextugur”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
  • Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
  • “sextugur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
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