fjölmiðill
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Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From fjöl- (“many”) + miðill (“medium”). Coined in the mid-20th century.
Noun
[edit]fjölmiðill m (genitive singular fjölmiðils, nominative plural fjölmiðlar)
- (usually plural) mass media, (rarely singular) mass medium
Declension
[edit]declension of fjölmiðill
| m-s1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | fjölmiðill | fjölmiðillinn | fjölmiðlar | fjölmiðlarnir |
| accusative | fjölmiðil | fjölmiðilinn | fjölmiðla | fjölmiðlana |
| dative | fjölmiðli | fjölmiðlinum | fjölmiðlum | fjölmiðlunum |
| genitive | fjölmiðils | fjölmiðilsins | fjölmiðla | fjölmiðlanna |
Further reading
[edit]- “fjölmiðill” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)