blökkumaður

Icelandic

Etymology

From blakkur (“dark-coloured”) +‎ maður. Cognate with English black and Norwegian Nynorsk blakk (“pale”).

Noun

blökkumaður m (genitive singular blökkumanns, nominative plural blökkumenn)

1. black person

Declension

declension of blökkumaður

maður	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	blökkumaður	blökkumaðurinn	blökkumenn	blökkumennirnir
accusative	blökkumann	blökkumanninn	blökkumenn	blökkumennina
dative	blökkumanni	blökkumanninum	blökkumönnum	blökkumönnunum
genitive	blökkumanns	blökkumannsins	blökkumanna	blökkumannanna

Derived terms

• blökku-, a prefix indicating being a black person

Further reading

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