skammaryrði

Icelandic

Etymology

Compare skömm (“shame”) and its plural form skammir (“a scolding”) + -yrði (“a word”), from orð (“a word”).

Noun

skammaryrði n (genitive singular skammaryrðis, nominative plural skammaryrði)

  1. an abuse, insult, invective, epithet
  2. (linguistics) a pejorative

Declension

Declension of skammaryrði (neuter)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skammaryrði skammaryrðið skammaryrði skammaryrðin
accusative skammaryrði skammaryrðið skammaryrði skammaryrðin
dative skammaryrði skammaryrðinu skammaryrðum skammaryrðunum
genitive skammaryrðis skammaryrðisins skammaryrða skammaryrðanna

See also

References

  • Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “skammaryrði”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
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