uppáhald

Icelandic

Etymology

uppá +‎ hald, see upp for the first component. The word's sense is interpreted as "held up (compared to others)" > "favored", see also English uphold.

Noun

uppáhald n

  1. a favorite

Declension

Declension of uppáhald (sg-only neuter)
singular
indefinite definite
nominative uppáhald uppáhaldið
accusative uppáhald uppáhaldið
dative uppáhaldi uppáhaldinu
genitive uppáhalds uppáhaldsins

Derived terms

  • uppáhalds-

References

  • Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “uppáhald”, 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
  • “uppáhald” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
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