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-ingur

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse -ingr, from Proto-Germanic *-ingaz.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /iŋkʏr/
    Rhymes: -iŋkʏr (note that some words with this suffix may not carry stress on the penultimate syllable, and therefore do not rhyme with the others)

Suffix

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-ingur m (noun-forming suffix, genitive singular -ings, nominative plural -ingar)

  1. forms verbal nouns
  2. added to a noun stem, effecting i-mutation (if applicable), forming a noun denoting an inhabitant or original of a particular place, a student of a particular school, etc.

Declension

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Declension of -ingur (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative -ingur -ingurinn -ingar -ingarnir
accusative -ing -inginn -inga -ingana
dative -ingi -ingnum -ingum -ingunum
genitive -ings -ingsins -inga -inganna

Derived terms

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See also

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