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This template is used for the headword line of Icelandic nouns.
Parameters
head=
- Overrides the headword, if necessary. See
{{head}}
. 1=
- The gender. Can be
m
,f
orn
. For plurale tantum nouns, usem-p
,f-p
orn-p
. g2=
,g3=
etc.- Additional genders, if any.
2=
- The genitive singular form, if known. This is ignored for plurale tantum nouns.
gen2=
,gen3=
etc.- Additional genitive singular forms, if any.
3=
- The nominative plural form, if known. This is ignored for plurale tantum nouns. Use
-
if the noun has no plural (uncountable). pl2=
,pl3=
etc.- Additional nominative plural forms, if any.
Usage
To find a declension of a noun, please see Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls (“Description of Inflection of Modern Icelandic”): Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls.
{{is-noun|gender|genitive singular form|nominative plural form}}
- Gender
- m for karlkynsnafnorð (“masculine noun”), f for kvenkynsnafnorð (“feminine noun”) and n for hvorugkynsnafnorð (“neuter noun”)
- Genitive singular form
- Eintala Ef. án greinis
- Nominative plural form
- Fleirtala Nf. án greinis
So the entry for hestur should be as follows:
{{is-noun|m|hests|hestar}}
Examples
Normal
On maður:
{{is-noun|m|manns|menn}}
No plural
On sykur, if the plural is unknown:
{{is-noun|m|sykurs}}
- ⇒ sykur m (genitive singular sykurs)
If it's known that the noun has no plural:
{{is-noun|m|sykurs|-}}
- ⇒ sykur m (genitive singular sykurs, no plural)
Plurale tantum
Nouns that have no singular form such as buxur (“pants”):
{{is-noun|f-p}}
- ⇒ buxur f pl (plurale tantum)
Many different forms
The word snjór (“show”) has three different forms in the genitive singular and two different form in the nominative plural, its entry should be:
{{is-noun|m|snjós|gen2=snjóvar|gen3=snjóar|snjóar|pl2=snjóvar}}