skammstöfun

Icelandic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From skammstafa (“to abbreviate”, verb) +‎ -un (deverbal suffix), literally “short-spelling”.

Noun

skammstöfun f (genitive singular skammstöfunar, nominative plural skammstafanir)

  1. abbreviation

Declension

Declension of skammstöfun (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skammstöfun skammstöfunin skammstafanir skammstafanirnar
accusative skammstöfun skammstöfunina skammstafanir skammstafanirnar
dative skammstöfun skammstöfuninni skammstöfunum skammstöfununum
genitive skammstöfunar skammstöfunarinnar skammstafana skammstafananna

See also

References

  • Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “skammstöfun”, 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
  • “skammstöfun” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
  • “skammstöfun”, in Íðorðabanki [Terminology Bank] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, 2002–2024
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