frumlag

Icelandic

Etymology

From frum- +‎ lag.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrʏm.laːɣ/

Noun

frumlag n (genitive singular frumlags, nominative plural frumlög)

1. (grammar) a subject; (the word or word group that is dealt with)

Derived terms

• aukafallsfrumlag
• aukafrumlag
• djúpgerðarfrumlag
• eignarfallsfrumlag
• frumlagaþing
• frumlagsígildi
• frumlagsleysi
• gervifrumlag (synonyms aukaliður, leppur (“expletive, dummy”))
• nafnháttarfrumlag
• nefnifallsfrumlag
• núllfrumlag (“zero subject”)
• röklegt frumlag (“logical subject”)
• tilgátan um frumlag innan sagnliðar (“VP-internal subject hypothesis”)
• umröðun frumlags og sagnar (“subject-verb inversion”)
• þágufallsfrumlag
• þágufallsfrumlag (“dative subject”)
• þolfallsfrumlag