hnédjúpur

Icelandic

Etymology

From hné (“knee”) +‎ djúpur (“deep”). Compare English knee-deep, Swedish knädjup and German knietief.

Adjective

hnédjúpur (not comparable)

1. knee-deep

Declension

    positive (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hnédjúpur	hnédjúp	hnédjúpt
accusative	hnédjúpan	hnédjúpa	hnédjúpt
dative	hnédjúpum	hnédjúpri	hnédjúpu
genitive	hnédjúps	hnédjúprar	hnédjúps
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hnédjúpir	hnédjúpar	hnédjúp
accusative	hnédjúpa	hnédjúpar	hnédjúp
dative	hnédjúpum	hnédjúpum	hnédjúpum
genitive	hnédjúpra	hnédjúpra	hnédjúpra

    positive (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hnédjúpi	hnédjúpa	hnédjúpa
accusative	hnédjúpa	hnédjúpu	hnédjúpa
dative	hnédjúpa	hnédjúpu	hnédjúpa
genitive	hnédjúpa	hnédjúpu	hnédjúpa
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hnédjúpu	hnédjúpu	hnédjúpu
accusative	hnédjúpu	hnédjúpu	hnédjúpu
dative	hnédjúpu	hnédjúpu	hnédjúpu
genitive	hnédjúpu	hnédjúpu	hnédjúpu

Further reading

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