prófessor
Icelandic
Etymology
Borrowed from Danish professor, from Latin professor (“one who declares”).
Pronunciation
Noun
prófessor m (genitive singular prófessors, nominative plural prófessorar)
- professor (the most senior academic rank of a university or research institute)
Usage notes
Refers only strictly to the most senior academic rank, and is not used more broadly for university teachers, which are referred to instead by their respective titles (dósent, lektor, aðjunkt) or a generic term such as háskólakennari (“university teacher”).
Declension
declension of prófessor
m-s1 | singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | prófessor | prófessorinn | prófessorar | prófessorarnir |
accusative | prófessor | prófessorinn | prófessora | prófessorana |
dative | prófessor | prófessornum | prófessorum | prófessorunum |
genitive | prófessors | prófessorsins | prófessora | prófessoranna |