slæmur
Appearance
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Danish slem, which borrowed it from Middle Low German slim (“bent, crooked”), from Old Saxon *slimb, from Proto-West Germanic *slimb, from Proto-Germanic *slimbaz (“slanted, crooked”). Possibly related to Lithuatian slim̃pti (“to sneak, stroll”).[1][2][3]
Adjective
[edit]slæmur (comparative verri, superlative verstur)
- bad (not good)
- Það eru slæmar fréttir. ― Those are some bad news.
- Ég er slæmur í bakinu. ― I have a bad back.
Inflection
[edit] strong declension
weak declension
comparative
strong declension
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | verstur | verst | verst |
accusative | verstan | versta | verst |
dative | verstum | verstri | verstu |
genitive | versts | verstrar | versts |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | verstir | verstar | verst |
accusative | versta | verstar | verst |
dative | verstum | verstum | verstum |
genitive | verstra | verstra | verstra |
weak declension
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | versti | versta | versta |
accusative | versta | verstu | versta |
dative | versta | verstu | versta |
genitive | versta | verstu | versta |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | verstu | verstu | verstu |
accusative | verstu | verstu | verstu |
dative | verstu | verstu | verstu |
genitive | verstu | verstu | verstu |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans, page 901. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)
- ^ Heidermanns, Frank (1993) “slimba-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen Primäradjektive (Studia linguistica Germanica; 33) (in German), Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 513
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*slimƀaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 351
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