tilfelli
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse tilfelli see there for more. Cognate with Swedish tillfälle, Norwegian Bokmål tilfelle, Norwegian Nynorsk tilfelle, Danish tilfælde. Compare German Zufall (“chance, coincidence”).
Noun
tilfelli n (genitive singular tilfellis, nominative plural tilfelli)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | tilfelli | tilfellið | tilfelli | tilfellin |
| accusative | tilfelli | tilfellið | tilfelli | tilfellin |
| dative | tilfelli | tilfellinu | tilfellum | tilfellunum |
| genitive | tilfellis | tilfellisins | tilfella | tilfellanna |
References
- Blöndal, Sigfús, Björg Þorláksdóttir Blöndal, Jón Ófeigsson, Holger Wiehe (1924) “tilfelli”, in Íslensk-Dönsk Orðabók / Islandsk-Dansk Ordbog[2] (in Danish), Reykjavík: Prentsmiðjan Gutenberg
Old Norse
Etymology
From Middle Low German toval, itself ultimately a calque of Latin accidens, possibly via Middle High German intemediary zuoval.[1][2][3]
Noun
tilfelli n
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
References
- ^ “Zufall” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- ^ Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874) “tilfelli”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press, page 631
- ^ Blöndal, Sigfús, Björg Þorláksdóttir Blöndal, Jón Ófeigsson, Holger Wiehe (1924) “tilfelli”, in Íslensk-Dönsk Orðabók / Islandsk-Dansk Ordbog[1] (in Danish), Reykjavík: Prentsmiðjan Gutenberg