frekjuskarð
Icelandic
editEtymology
editFrom frekja (“an ill-mannered and importunate person”) + skarð (“gap”). Exact origin unclear, presumably derived from a caricaturish association between importunate people and a front-tooth gap. The term is today however mostly neutral and does not imply that the person is ill-mannered.
Noun
editfrekjuskarð n (genitive singular frekjuskarðs, nominative plural frekjuskörð)
- a gap between the two front teeth; diastema
Declension
editdeclension of frekjuskarð
n-s | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | frekjuskarð | frekjuskarðið | frekjuskörð | frekjuskörðin |
accusative | frekjuskarð | frekjuskarðið | frekjuskörð | frekjuskörðin |
dative | frekjuskarði | frekjuskarðinu | frekjuskörðum | frekjuskörðunum |
genitive | frekjuskarðs | frekjuskarðsins | frekjuskarða | frekjuskarðanna |
Further reading
edit- “frekjuskarð” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)