sjöræður

Icelandic

Etymology

From sjö (“seven”) +‎ -ræður (denoting quantity, age).

Adjective

sjöræður (not comparable)

  1. (archaic, obsolete) seventy years old; seventy, septuagenarian
  2. (archaic, obsolete) seventy fathoms tall/deep/long/across/etc. (which is seventy of a unit)

Usage notes

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

Declension

Positive forms of sjöræður
strong declension
(indefinite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative sjöræður sjöræð sjörætt
accusative sjöræðan sjöræða
dative sjöræðum sjöræðri sjöræðu
genitive sjöræðs sjöræðrar sjöræðs
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative sjöræðir sjöræðar sjöræð
accusative sjöræða
dative sjöræðum
genitive sjöræðra
weak declension
(definite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative sjöræði sjöræða sjöræða
acc/dat/gen sjöræða sjöræðu
plural (all-case) sjöræðu

Synonyms

See also

References

  • Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “sjöræður”, 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
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