frekjuskarð

Icelandic

Etymology

From frekja (“an ill-mannered and importunate person”) +‎ skarð (“gap”). Exact origin unclear, presumably derived from a caricaturish association between importunate people and a front-tooth gap. The term is today however mostly neutral and does not imply that the person is ill-mannered.

Noun

frekjuskarð n (genitive singular frekjuskarðs, nominative plural frekjuskörð)

1. a gap between the two front teeth; diastema

Declension

declension of frekjuskarð

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	frekjuskarð	frekjuskarðið	frekjuskörð	frekjuskörðin
accusative	frekjuskarð	frekjuskarðið	frekjuskörð	frekjuskörðin
dative	frekjuskarði	frekjuskarðinu	frekjuskörðum	frekjuskörðunum
genitive	frekjuskarðs	frekjuskarðsins	frekjuskarða	frekjuskarðanna

Further reading

• “frekjuskarð” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)