sýslumaður
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
sýsla (“administrative district, county”) + maður (“person”)
Noun edit
sýslumaður m (genitive singular sýslumanns, nominative plural sýslumenn)
- county magistrate, in particular the chief official in a type of an administrative district that exists in Iceland and the Faroe Islands (previously also the Nordic countries) known as a sýsla. Similar positions in Anglophone countries are sheriff and county commissioner.
Declension edit
declension of sýslumaður
| maður | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | sýslumaður | sýslumaðurinn | sýslumenn | sýslumennirnir |
| accusative | sýslumann | sýslumanninn | sýslumenn | sýslumennina |
| dative | sýslumanni | sýslumanninum | sýslumönnum | sýslumönnunum |
| genitive | sýslumanns | sýslumannsins | sýslumanna | sýslumannanna |