hnútur

Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse knútr, from Proto-Germanic (compare *knuttan-, whence English knot).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈn̥uːtʏr/
Rhymes: -uːtʏr

Noun edit

hnútur m (genitive singular hnúts, nominative plural hnútar)

knot
(medicine) hernia
Synonyms: haull, kviðslit
(graph theory) vertex

Declension edit

declension of hnútur

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
m-s1	singular		plural
nominative	hnútur	hnúturinn	hnútar	hnútarnir
accusative	hnút	hnútinn	hnúta	hnútana
dative	hnút	hnútnum	hnútum	hnútunum
genitive	hnúts	hnútsins	hnúta	hnútanna

Further reading edit

“hnútur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

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