tugur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse tigr, tegr, tøgr, from Proto-Germanic *teguz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰʏːɣʏr/

  Rhymes: -ʏːɣʏr

Noun

tugur m (genitive singular tugar, nominative plural tugir)

1. a group of ten

Declension

declension of tugur

m-s3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tugur	tugurinn	tugir	tugirnir
accusative	tug	tuginn	tugi	tugina
dative	tugi / tug	tugnum	tugum	tugunum
genitive	tugar	tugarins	tuga	tuganna

Derived terms

• aldatugur
• áratugur (“decade”)
• tugþraut (“decathlon”)

Related terms

• tíu

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)