Noun: foreldrar
Gender: m
Declension:
Nominative
| Pl. Indef. | foreldrar |
| Pl. Def. | foreldrarnir |
Genitive
| Pl. Indef. | foreldra |
| Pl. Def. | foreldranna |
Dative
| Pl. Indef. | foreldrum |
| Pl. Def. | foreldrunum |
Accusative
| Pl. Indef. | foreldra |
| Pl. Def. | foreldrana |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like foreldrar
berklar,
mislingar,
hópfimleikar,
boðstólar,
lungnaberklar,
hnefaleikar,
mannbroddar,
tónleikar,
tengdaforeldrar,
vasapeningar,
foreldrar,
feðgar,
fimleikar,
töfrar,
páskar,
órar,
Etymology
Once variants (“tvímyndir; a different spelling, pronunciation, or form of the same word”) of foreldri (“a parent”). It is rare that a word's gender differs between grammatical numbers, but modern dictionaries generally list them as two distinct words — even though their form and declension is similar. The reason for this disparity in usage is the masculine word's lack of singular form.
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