erfidrykkja
Icelandic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]erfi n (“funeral feast”) + drykkja (“drink”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]erfidrykkja f (genitive singular erfidrykkju, nominative plural erfidrykkjur)
- funeral feast (reception held in memory of the deceased after the funeral service)
- Synonym: erfi n
- Það komu mjög margir í erfidrykkjuna þar sem hún var afar vinsæl kona.
- A great many people came to the funeral feast, as she was a very popular woman.
Usage notes
[edit]Erfidrykkja is about ten times more common than either erfisdrykkja or erfi.
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | erfidrykkja | erfidrykkjan | erfidrykkjur | erfidrykkjurnar |
| accusative | erfidrykkju | erfidrykkjuna | erfidrykkjur | erfidrykkjurnar |
| dative | erfidrykkju | erfidrykkjunni | erfidrykkjum | erfidrykkjunum |
| genitive | erfidrykkju | erfidrykkjunnar | erfidrykkja, erfidrykkna | erfidrykkjanna, erfidrykknanna |
Related terms
[edit]- erfiljóð n (“elegy”)
See also
[edit]- minningarathöfn, kveðjuathöfn f (“memorial service”)
Further reading
[edit]- Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2026), “erfidrykkja”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
- “erfidrykkja” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)