matskeið

Icelandic

From matur (“food, meal”) +‎ skeið (“spoon”).

A matskeið (“tablespoon”) has a capacity of about 15 ml.

matskeið f (genitive singular matskeiðar, nominative plural matskeiðar)

(cutlery) a tablespoon, a large spoon
Kúfuð matskeið.
A heaped tablespoonful.
(unit of measure) a spoon that holds around 15 millilitres

declension of matskeið

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
f-s1	singular		plural
nominative	matskeið	matskeiðin	matskeiðar	matskeiðarnar
accusative	matskeið	matskeiðina	matskeiðar	matskeiðarnar
dative	matskeið	matskeiðinni	matskeiðum	matskeiðunum
genitive	matskeiðar	matskeiðarinnar	matskeiða	matskeiðanna