trójuhestur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Trója (“Troy”) +‎ hestur (“horse”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʰrouːjʏˌhɛstʏr/

Noun

trójuhestur m (genitive singular trójuhests, nominative plural trójuhestar)

  1. (Greek legend) a Trojan horse, a hollow wooden horse in which the Greeks hid in order to access Troy
  2. (by extension) a Trojan horse, subversive device placed within the ranks of the enemy
  3. (computing) a Trojan horse, a malicious program that is disguised as legitimate software[1]
    Trójuhestum hefur fjölgað umtalsvert.
    The number of Trojan horses has grown substantially.

Declension

Declension of trójuhestur (masculine, based on hestur)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative trójuhestur trójuhesturinn trójuhestar trójuhestarnir
accusative trójuhest trójuhestinn trójuhesta trójuhestana
dative trójuhesti trójuhestinum trójuhestum trójuhestunum
genitive trójuhests trójuhestsins trójuhesta trójuhestanna

References

  1. ^ (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[1], 27 August 2007 (last accessed), archived from the original on 5 March 2016
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