mannasiður
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Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From manna- (“anthropo-, of or pertaining to men”) the genitive plural of maður (“a man”) and siður (“a custom”), literally meaning a "custom of men".
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mannasiður m (genitive singular mannasiðar, nominative plural mannasiðir)
- (used in the plural) manners
- Það eru engir mannasiðir að hrækja á jörðina.
- Spitting on the ground is no manners.
- Kanntu ekki mannasiði?
- Don't you have any manners?
- Kanntu enga mannasiði?
- Don't you have any manners?
Declension[edit]
declension of mannasiður
| m-s2 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | mannasiður | mannasiðurinn | mannasiðir | mannasiðirnir |
| accusative | mannasið | mannasiðinn | mannasiði | mannasiðina |
| dative | mannasið | mannasiðinum / mannasiðnum | mannasiðum | mannasiðunum |
| genitive | mannasiðar | mannasiðarins | mannasiða | mannasiðanna |