gemsi
Icelandic edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
gemsi m (genitive singular gemsa, nominative plural gemsar)
- one-year-old sheep
Declension edit
declension of gemsi
Derived terms edit
- vandræðagemsi (“troublemaker”)
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
A metathetic vocalization of GSM (“Global System for Mobile communications”).
Fell into disuse around the time when smartphones became ubiquitous (c. 2010), which are simply termed sími or farsími.
Noun edit
gemsi m (genitive singular gemsa, nominative plural gemsar)
- (informal) cell phone, mobile phone (but not a smartphone) [late 1990s – early 2010s]
Declension edit
declension of gemsi
Synonyms edit
Further reading edit
- “gemsi” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)