vinnukona
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Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From vinna (“work, labour”) + kona (“woman”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
vinnukona f (genitive singular vinnukonu, nominative plural vinnukonur)
- a female laborer on a farm
- a female servant, maidservant, help
- (colloquial) windshield wiper
- Synonym: rúðuþurrka
- (colloquial, figurative) a child’s tooth
- að taka vinnukonu ― to get a new tooth (literally, “to take on a maidservant”)
Declension[edit]
declension of vinnukona
| f-w1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | vinnukona | vinnukonan | vinnukonur | vinnukonurnar |
| accusative | vinnukonu | vinnukonuna | vinnukonur | vinnukonurnar |
| dative | vinnukonu | vinnukonunni | vinnukonum | vinnukonunum |
| genitive | vinnukonu | vinnukonunnar | vinnukona | vinnukonanna |