Strong noun

Strong noun

In the Icelandic language, a strong noun is one which falls into one of four categories, depending on the endings of the "characteristic cases", i.e., the nominative and genitive singular and the nominative plural. For masculines this gives the following four-way split to be counted as strong:

:The latter two cases end in "-s" and "-ar".:The latter two cases end in "-s or -ar" and "-ir".:The latter two cases end in "-ar" and "-ir".:Irregular but not a weak noun.

For feminines this looks like:

:The latter two cases end in "-ar" or "-r" and "-ar".:The latter two cases end in "-ar" and "-ir".:The latter two cases end in "-ar" or "-ur" and "-ur" or "-r".:Irregular but not a weak noun.

Most neuters are strong, and end in "-s" in the genitive singular with the exception of "fé", genitive "fjár".

The weak neuters are so few, that a list suffices, to be found on the page for weak nouns.

See also

*Weak noun
*Icelandic language

Bibliography

*cite book | first= | last=Björn Guðfinnsson | year=1958 | title=Íslensk málfræði |Námsgagnastofnun


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