gengilbeina
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Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From ganga (“to walk”) + bein (“leg”), literally “[a woman] who travels by foot”.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gengilbeina f
- a waitress, a female waiter
- (archaic) a woman who travels by foot
- (archaic, poetic) an ambátt (female slave)
Usage notes[edit]
In modern speech this term can only mean “waitress”, but it is sufficiently rare that many younger speakers are unfamiliar with it. Þjónn is a far more common term.
Declension[edit]
declension of gengilbeina
| f-w1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | gengilbeina | gengilbeinan | gengilbeinur | gengilbeinurnar |
| accusative | gengilbeinu | gengilbeinuna | gengilbeinur | gengilbeinurnar |
| dative | gengilbeinu | gengilbeinunni | gengilbeinum | gengilbeinunum |
| genitive | gengilbeinu | gengilbeinunnar | gengilbeina | gengilbeinanna |