skilvirkur

Icelandic

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈscɪ(ː)lˌvɪr̥.kʏr/
• Rhymes: -ɪr̥kʏr

Adjective

skilvirkur (comparative skilvirkari, superlative skilvirkastur)

1. effective, efficient

   Þetta er ekki nógu skilvirkt. ― This is not efficient enough.

Declension

    positive (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	skilvirkur	skilvirk	skilvirkt
accusative	skilvirkan	skilvirka	skilvirkt
dative	skilvirkum	skilvirkri	skilvirku
genitive	skilvirks	skilvirkrar	skilvirks
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	skilvirkir	skilvirkar	skilvirk
accusative	skilvirka	skilvirkar	skilvirk
dative	skilvirkum	skilvirkum	skilvirkum
genitive	skilvirkra	skilvirkra	skilvirkra

    positive (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	skilvirki	skilvirka	skilvirka
accusative	skilvirka	skilvirku	skilvirka
dative	skilvirka	skilvirku	skilvirka
genitive	skilvirka	skilvirku	skilvirka
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	skilvirku	skilvirku	skilvirku
accusative	skilvirku	skilvirku	skilvirku
dative	skilvirku	skilvirku	skilvirku
genitive	skilvirku	skilvirku	skilvirku

    comparative

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	skilvirkari	skilvirkari	skilvirkara
accusative	skilvirkari	skilvirkari	skilvirkara
dative	skilvirkari	skilvirkari	skilvirkara
genitive	skilvirkari	skilvirkari	skilvirkara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	skilvirkari	skilvirkari	skilvirkari
accusative	skilvirkari	skilvirkari	skilvirkari
dative	skilvirkari	skilvirkari	skilvirkari
genitive	skilvirkari	skilvirkari	skilvirkari

    superlative (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	skilvirkastur	skilvirkust	skilvirkast
accusative	skilvirkastan	skilvirkasta	skilvirkast
dative	skilvirkustum	skilvirkastri	skilvirkustu
genitive	skilvirkasts	skilvirkastrar	skilvirkasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	skilvirkastir	skilvirkastar	skilvirkust
accusative	skilvirkasta	skilvirkastar	skilvirkust
dative	skilvirkustum	skilvirkustum	skilvirkustum
genitive	skilvirkastra	skilvirkastra	skilvirkastra

    superlative (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	skilvirkasti	skilvirkasta	skilvirkasta
accusative	skilvirkasta	skilvirkustu	skilvirkasta
dative	skilvirkasta	skilvirkustu	skilvirkasta
genitive	skilvirkasta	skilvirkustu	skilvirkasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	skilvirkustu	skilvirkustu	skilvirkustu
accusative	skilvirkustu	skilvirkustu	skilvirkustu
dative	skilvirkustu	skilvirkustu	skilvirkustu
genitive	skilvirkustu	skilvirkustu	skilvirkustu

References

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