viðskeyttur boðháttur

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Icelandic[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From viðskeyttur (“something that is suffixed, something that is postfixed”) and boðháttur (“the imperative mood”).

Noun[edit]

viðskeyttur boðháttur m (genitive singular viðskeytts boðháttar, nominative plural viðskeyttir boðhættir)

  1. (grammar) the imperative mood with the pronouns þú sg (“you”) or þið pl (“you”) suffixed to the stem of a verb, e.g.:
    far (“go!”) + þið pl (“you”) + út (“out”) → Farið út! pl (“get out!”)
    keyr (“drive!”) + þú sg (“you”) + mig út í búð (“me to the store”) → Keyrðu mig út í búð sg (“drive me to the store”)
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