hommi

Icelandic

Etymology

An alteration and shortening of now obsolete hómósexúalisti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɔmːɪ/

  Rhymes: -ɔmːɪ

Noun

hommi m (genitive singular homma, nominative plural hommar)

1. a homosexual male, a gay male
2. (offensive) a faggot, a fag

Usage notes

• Although the word hommi can be used maliciously, it is the word mainly used when referring to homosexuals, and is itself used a lot by homosexuals. It is perhaps viewed in the same way as gay; i.e. a more casual and less dated word over being gay (beating lengthy words like homosexuality and in Icelandic; samkynhneigð). The term hommar og lesbíur is most often used about gays and lesbians.

Declension

declension of hommi

m-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hommi	homminn	hommar	hommarnir
accusative	homma	hommann	homma	hommana
dative	homma	hommanum	hommum	hommunum
genitive	homma	hommans	homma	hommanna

Derived terms

• hommatittur

Related terms

• hómó

See also

• lesbía
• lessa

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)