Noun: foreldri
Gender: n
Declension:
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | foreldri |
| Sg. Def. | foreldrið |
| Pl. Indef. | foreldri |
| Pl. Def. | foreldrin |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | foreldris |
| Sg. Def. | foreldrisins |
| Pl. Indef. | foreldra |
| Pl. Def. | foreldranna |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | foreldri |
| Sg. Def. | foreldrinu |
| Pl. Indef. | foreldrum |
| Pl. Def. | foreldrunum |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | foreldri |
| Sg. Def. | foreldrið |
| Pl. Indef. | foreldri |
| Pl. Def. | foreldrin |
Sample Sentences
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Ég er foreldri fjögurra barna og ég á alla ástina til fyrir þau öll. (I am a parent of four children and I have all the love in the world for them all.)
Nouns inflected like foreldri
tjaldstæði,
snifsi,
smetti,
aðalminni,
skrípi,
skipti,
skeyti,
dulargervi,
gerviefni,
fáveldi,
ökuleyfi,
mjúkfísi,
barefli,
mötuneyti,
fylgsni,
bílastæði,
einglyrni,
jarðepli,
samheiti,
samkvæmi, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Norse foreldri. Compound of for- (“previous”) + eldri (“older”, comparative of gamall). Compare Dutch voorouder (“ancestor”). See: Old Norse Nouns '
foreldri', Dutch Nouns '
voorouder'.
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