neysla
Icelandic
editEtymology
editFrom neyta (“to consume; to use, to utilise”) + -sla.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editneysla f (genitive singular neyslu, nominative plural neyslur)
- consumption, ingestion
- (by extension, as 'í neyslu') habitual drug-use
- Hann er í neyslu. ― He is a drug user.
Declension
edit| Declension of neysla | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| f-w1 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | neysla | neyslan | neyslur | neyslurnar |
| accusative | neyslu | neysluna | neyslur | neyslurnar |
| dative | neyslu | neyslunni | neyslum | neyslunum |
| genitive | neyslu | neyslunnar | neyslna | neyslnanna |
Further reading
edit- “neysla” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)