fangelsi
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse fangelsi, fanga (“capture, seize”) + -elsi (suffix from Proto-West Germanic *-islī), really the Old West Norse form of Old Swedish fangilse (13th c.).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]fangelsi n (genitive singular fangelsis, nominative plural fangelsi)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | fangelsi | fangelsið | fangelsi | fangelsin |
| accusative | fangelsi | fangelsið | fangelsi | fangelsin |
| dative | fangelsi | fangelsinu | fangelsum | fangelsunum |
| genitive | fangelsis | fangelsisins | fangelsa | fangelsanna |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “fangelsi”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
Further reading
[edit]- “fangelsi” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)