öryrki

Icelandic

Etymology

From ör- (“minuscule”) +‎ yrkja (“to cultivate land”), the latter being related to verk (“task”), compare einyrki (“someone who works alone”).

Noun

öryrki m (genitive singular öryrkja, nominative plural öryrkjar)

1. someone whose disability prevents them from working a full-time job, a disabled person, an invalid

Related terms

• örorka (“a disability that prevents someone from working”)
• örorkubætur (“disability compensation”)
• örorkumat (“a disability evaluation”)
• örorkulífeyrir (“disability support pension”)
• starfsgeta (“work ability score”)