borgarbarn
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Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From borg (“city”) + barn (“child”).
Noun
[edit]borgarbarn n (genitive singular borgarbarns, nominative plural borgarbörn)
- a person born and raised in an urban or metropolitan area
Declension
[edit]| Declension of borgarbarn | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n-s | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | borgarbarn | borgarbarnið | borgarbörn | borgarbörnin |
| accusative | borgarbarn | borgarbarnið | borgarbörn | borgarbörnin |
| dative | borgarbarni | borgarbarninu | borgarbörnum | borgarbörnunum |
| genitive | borgarbarns | borgarbarnsins | borgarbarna | borgarbarnanna |
Further reading
[edit]- “borgarbarn” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)