Noun: bréf
Gender: n
Declension:
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | bréf |
| Sg. Def. | bréfið |
| Pl. Indef. | bréf |
| Pl. Def. | bréfin |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | bréfs |
| Sg. Def. | bréfsins |
| Pl. Indef. | bréfa |
| Pl. Def. | bréfanna |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | bréfi |
| Sg. Def. | bréfinu |
| Pl. Indef. | bréfum |
| Pl. Def. | bréfunum |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | bréf |
| Sg. Def. | bréfið |
| Pl. Indef. | bréf |
| Pl. Def. | bréfin |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like bréf
hænsnabú,
sjampó,
smyrsl,
höfrungahlaup,
smáorð,
brennivín,
skraut,
rauðaldin,
þarfaþing,
aðgangskort,
skapahár,
villidýr,
fingurbjargarblóm,
krampaflog,
uppgjör,
tvíhljóð,
aðgangsorð,
gufustraujárn,
prakkarastrik,
baksvið, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Norse bréf, which is borrowed from Latin brevis (“short”). Compare German Brief (“letter”). See: Latin Nouns '
brevis', German Nouns '
Brief'.
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