Noun: svangur
Gender: m
Declension:
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | svangur |
| Sg. Def. | svangurinn |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | svangs |
| Sg. Def. | svangsins |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | svang |
| Sg. Def. | svangnum |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | svang |
| Sg. Def. | svanginn |
Sample Sentences
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Ég held að ég fái mér eitthvað í svanginn. (I think I'll get something to eat.)
Nouns inflected like svangur
slægur,
látbragðsleikur,
skollaleikur,
skyrbjúgur,
torgageigur,
sjóndeildarhringur,
skelkur,
undirleikur,
feluleikur,
dugur,
uggur,
rígur,
sannleikur,
fróðleikur,
vítahringur,
tittlingaskítur,
geigur,
beygur,
bjúgur,
svangur, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
A noun of the adjectival form svangur (“hungry; thin”). Compare the Old Norse svangi (“the groins, especially of animals”) which was also spelled svangr (“the groins, especially of animals”). See: Old Norse Nouns '
svangi'.
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