tönn
Icelandic
Alternative forms
- tenn (archaic, obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Norse tǫnn, from Proto-Germanic *tanþs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʰœnː/
- Rhymes: -œnː
Noun
tönn f (genitive singular tannar, nominative plural tennur or (rare, archaic, obsolete) tannir or (archaic/obsolete) tönnur)
- a tooth
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | tönn | tönnin | tennur, tannir1, tönnur2 | tennurnar, tannirnar1, tönnurnar2 |
| accusative | tönn | tönnina | tennur, tannir1, tönnur2 | tennurnar, tannirnar1, tönnurnar2 |
| dative | tönn | tönninni | tönnum | tönnunum |
| genitive | tannar | tannarinnar | tanna | tannanna |
1Rare, archaic, obsolete.
2Archaic/obsolete.
Derived terms
- barnatönn (“milk tooth”)
- falskar tennur f pl (“dentures”)
- framtönn (“incisor”)
- höggriftönn (“impact ripper”)
- jaðartönn (“corner tooth”)
- mögnunartönn (“exciter tooth”)
- skaðlegur tönnum (“cariogenic”, adjective)
- taka tennur (“to be teething, to cut teeth”, verb)
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), “tönn”, 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
- “tönn” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
- “tönn”, in Ritmálssafn Orðabókar Háskólans [The Written Collection of the Lexicological Institute] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, (Can we date this quote?)