hommi
Icelandic
Etymology
An alteration and shortening of now obsolete hómósexúalisti.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɔmːɪ/
- Rhymes: -ɔmːɪ
Noun
hommi m (genitive singular homma, nominative plural hommar)
- a homosexual male, a gay male
- (offensive) a faggot, a fag
Usage notes
- Although the word hommi can be used maliciously, it is the word mainly used when referring to homosexuals, and is itself used a lot by homosexuals. It is perhaps viewed in the same way as gay; i.e. a more casual and less dated word over being gay (beating lengthy words like homosexuality and in Icelandic; samkynhneigð). The term hommar og lesbíur is most often used about gays and lesbians.
Declension
declension of hommi
| m-w1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | hommi | homminn | hommar | hommarnir |
| accusative | homma | hommann | homma | hommana |
| dative | homma | hommanum | hommum | hommunum |
| genitive | homma | hommans | homma | hommanna |
Derived terms
- hommatittur
Related terms
- hómó
See also
- lesbía
- lessa
References
- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans.