pálmasunnudagur

Icelandic

Etymology

From pálmi (“palm”) +‎ sunnudagur (“Sunday”), from the palm fronds supposedly laid before Jesus during his entrance to Jerusalem preceding his crucifixion.

Noun

pálmasunnudagur m (genitive singular pálmasunnudags, nominative plural pálmasunnudagar)

1. Palm Sunday

Declension

declension of pálmasunnudagur

m-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	pálmasunnudagur	pálmasunnudagurinn	pálmasunnudagar	pálmasunnudagarnir
accusative	pálmasunnudag	pálmasunnudaginn	pálmasunnudaga	pálmasunnudagana
dative	pálmasunnudegi	pálmasunnudeginum	pálmasunnudögum	pálmasunnudögunum
genitive	pálmasunnudags	pálmasunnudagsins	pálmasunnudaga	pálmasunnudaganna

Further reading

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