-dóttir
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From dóttir, from Nordic patronymic traditions.
Suffix
[edit]-dóttir f (noun-forming suffix, genitive singular -dóttur or (proscribed) -dóttir, nominative plural dætur)
- Added to a given name (the father's or mother's) to form a patronymic or matronymic last name for the daughter of the person whose given name is used
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | -dóttir | -dóttirin | dætur | dæturnar |
| accusative | -dóttur, -dóttir1 | -dótturina, -dóttirina1 | dætur | dæturnar |
| dative | -dóttur, -dóttir1 | -dótturinni, -dóttirinni1 | dætrum | dætrunum |
| genitive | -dóttur, -dóttir1 | -dótturinnar, -dóttirinnar1 | dætra | dætranna |
1Proscribed.