geitungur
Icelandic edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈceiːtuŋkʏr/
- Rhymes: -eiːtuŋkʏr
Noun edit
geitungur m (genitive singular geitungs, nominative plural geitungar)
- wasp (Vespidae)
- 1906, Zacharias Topelius, “Áróra Königsmark”, in Sögur herlæknisins[1], volume 3:
- Eða get um við unað því í ró, að hann Óginskí er sífellt á sveimi umhverfis herbúðir vorar, eins og geitungur.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension edit
declension of geitungur
| m-s1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | geitungur | geitungurinn | geitungar | geitungarnir |
| accusative | geitung | geitunginn | geitunga | geitungana |
| dative | geitungi | geitungnum | geitungum | geitungunum |
| genitive | geitungs | geitungsins | geitunga | geitunganna |
Synonyms edit
Further reading edit
- “geitungur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)