notkun
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Finnish[edit]
Verb[edit]
notkun
Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From notka (“to make use of”) + -un.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
notkun f (genitive singular notkunar, no plural)
- use (act of using), application
Usage notes[edit]
Though originally derived from the verb notka, that verb is obsolete and notkun is now used as the verbal noun of nota (“to use”), as e.g. in compounds such as misnotkun (“abuse”) from misnota (“to abuse”).
Declension[edit]
declension of notkun
f-s2 | singular | |
---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | notkun | notkunin |
accusative | notkun | notkunina |
dative | notkun | notkuninni |
genitive | notkunar | notkunarinnar |