sekúnda

See also: sekunda, Sekunda, and sekundą

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin secunda, short for secunda pars minuta (“second diminished part (of the hour)”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɛːkuntɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɛːkunta

• (Northern Iceland) IPA^(key): [ˈs̠ɛːkuntɐ];
• (Southern Icelandic) IPA^(key): [ˈs̠ɛːkʰuntɐ].

Noun

sekúnda f (genitive singular sekúndu, nominative plural sekúndur)

1. second

Declension

Declension of sekúnda (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sekúnda	sekúndan	sekúndur	sekúndurnar
accusative	sekúndu	sekúnduna	sekúndur	sekúndurnar
dative	sekúndu	sekúndunni	sekúndum	sekúndunum
genitive	sekúndu	sekúndunnar	sekúndna	sekúndnanna

Derived terms

• millisekúnda
• míkrósekúnda

Further reading

• sekúnda in Hólmarsson et al.: Íslensk-ensk orðabók. 1989.
• “sekúnda” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)