prófessor
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Danish professor, from Latin professor (“one who declares”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
prófessor m (genitive singular prófessors, nominative plural prófessorar)
- professor (the most senior academic rank of a university or research institute)
Usage notes edit
Refers only strictly to the most senior academic rank, and is not used more broadly for university teachers, which are referred to instead by their respective titles (dósent, lektor, aðjunkt) or a generic term such as háskólakennari (“university teacher”).
Declension edit
declension of prófessor
m-s1 | singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | prófessor | prófessorinn | prófessorar | prófessorarnir |
accusative | prófessor | prófessorinn | prófessora | prófessorana |
dative | prófessor | prófessornum | prófessorum | prófessorunum |
genitive | prófessors | prófessorsins | prófessora | prófessoranna |