eiginkona

Icelandic

Etymology

From eiginn (“one's own”) +‎ kona (“woman, wife”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeiːjɪn.kʰɔːna/

Noun

eiginkona f (genitive singular eiginkonu, nominative plural eiginkonur)

1. wife

Declension

Declension of eiginkona (feminine, based on kona)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	eiginkona	eiginkonan	eiginkonur	eiginkonurnar
accusative	eiginkonu	eiginkonuna	eiginkonur	eiginkonurnar
dative	eiginkonu	eiginkonunni	eiginkonum	eiginkonunum
genitive	eiginkonu	eiginkonunnar	eiginkvenna	eiginkvennanna

See also

• eiginmaður
• maður
• kona