man – Icelandic noun declension

Icelandic noun forms of man

Noun: man
Gender: n
Declension:

Nominative

Sg. Indef.man
Sg. Def.manið
Pl. Indef.mön
Pl. Def.mönin

Genitive

Sg. Indef.mans
Sg. Def.mansins
Pl. Indef.mana
Pl. Def.mananna

Dative

Sg. Indef.mani
Sg. Def.maninu
Pl. Indef.mönum
Pl. Def.mönunum

Accusative

Sg. Indef.man
Sg. Def.manið
Pl. Indef.mön
Pl. Def.mönin

Sample Sentences

  • Og Moſes ſegde til Aaron / Tak þier eina Føtu / og legg eirn Gomor fullan af Man þar i / og lꜳt þad vardueitaſt fyrer DROTTNI til ydar ep[t]erkomande Kynkuijſla [1584, “Exodus. Aunnur Bok Moſe”, in Guðbrandur Þorláksson, transl., Biblia, Þad Er Øll Heiloͤg Ritning vtloͤgd a Norrænu, Hólar: Jón Jónsson, chapter 16, verse 33, page 76:]

Nouns inflected like man

líkan, man,

Etymology

From Old Norse man, perhaps from Proto-Germanic *gamaną (with unstressed prefix *ga-). See: Old Norse Nouns 'man'.

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