sekúnda

See also: sekunda, Sekunda, and sekundą

Icelandic

Etymology

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

f-w1	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)