beyging
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From beygja (“to bend”) + -ing.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
beyging f (genitive singular beygingar, nominative plural beygingar)
- bending, swaying
- the act of bowing down
- (grammar) inflection, conjugation of verbs, declension of nouns, adjectives or pronouns (abbreviation b.)
Declension edit
declension of beyging
| f-s1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | beyging | beygingin | beygingar | beygingarnar |
| accusative | beygingu | beyginguna | beygingar | beygingarnar |
| dative | beygingu | beygingunni | beygingum | beygingunum |
| genitive | beygingar | beygingarinnar | beyginga | beyginganna |
Hyponyms edit
- fallbeyging (declension)
- sagnbeyging (conjugation)
Derived terms edit
- beygingarlýsing (description or elucidation of inflection)
- blönduð beyging (mixed inflection)
- fallbeyging (declension)
- óregluleg beyging (irregular inflection)
- sagnbeyging (conjugation)
- sambeyging (case agreement)