Template:is-noun

is-noun ?

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This template is used for the headword line of Icelandic nouns.

Parameters

head=

Overrides the headword, if necessary. See {{head}}.

1=

The gender. Can be m, f or n. For plurale tantum nouns, use m-p, f-p or n-p.

g2=, g3= etc.

Additional genders, if any.

2=

The genitive singular form, if known. This is ignored for plurale tantum nouns.

gen2=, gen3= etc.

Additional genitive singular forms, if any.

3=

The nominative plural form, if known. This is ignored for plurale tantum nouns. Use - if the noun has no plural (uncountable).

pl2=, pl3= etc.

Additional nominative plural forms, if any.

Usage

To find a declension of a noun, please see Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls (“Description of Inflection of Modern Icelandic”): Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls.

{{is-noun|gender|genitive singular form|nominative plural form}}

Gender

m for karlkynsnafnorð (“masculine noun”), f for kvenkynsnafnorð (“feminine noun”) and n for hvorugkynsnafnorð (“neuter noun”)

Genitive singular form

Eintala Ef. án greinis

Nominative plural form

Fleirtala Nf. án greinis

So the entry for hestur should be as follows:

{{is-noun|m|hests|hestar}}

⇒ hest m (genitive singular hests, nominative plural hestar)

Examples

Normal

On maður:

{{is-noun|m|manns|menn}}

⇒ maður m (genitive singular manns, nominative plural menn)

No plural

On sykur, if the plural is unknown:

{{is-noun|m|sykurs}}

⇒ sykur m (genitive singular sykurs)

If it's known that the noun has no plural:

{{is-noun|m|sykurs|-}}

⇒ sykur m (genitive singular sykurs, no plural)

Plurale tantum

Nouns that have no singular form such as buxur (“pants”):

{{is-noun|f-p}}

⇒ buxur f pl (plurale tantum)

Many different forms

The word snjór (“show”) has three different forms in the genitive singular and two different form in the nominative plural, its entry should be:

{{is-noun|m|snjós|gen2=snjóvar|gen3=snjóar|snjóar|pl2=snjóvar}}

⇒ snjór m (genitive singular snjós or snjóvar or snjóar, nominative plural snjóar or snjóvar)