hryggur
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈr̥ɪkːʏr/
- Rhymes: -ɪkːʏr
Adjective
hryggur (comparative hryggari, superlative hryggastur)
- sad, regretful, sorrowful, woeful
Inflection
positive (strong declension)
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | hryggur | hrygg | hryggt |
| accusative | hryggan | hrygga | hryggt |
| dative | hryggum | hryggri | hryggu |
| genitive | hryggs | hryggrar | hryggs |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | hryggir | hryggar | hrygg |
| accusative | hrygga | hryggar | hrygg |
| dative | hryggum | hryggum | hryggum |
| genitive | hryggra | hryggra | hryggra |
positive (weak declension)
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | hryggi | hrygga | hrygga |
| accusative | hrygga | hryggu | hrygga |
| dative | hrygga | hryggu | hrygga |
| genitive | hrygga | hryggu | hrygga |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | hryggu | hryggu | hryggu |
| accusative | hryggu | hryggu | hryggu |
| dative | hryggu | hryggu | hryggu |
| genitive | hryggu | hryggu | hryggu |
comparative
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | hryggari | hryggari | hryggara |
| accusative | hryggari | hryggari | hryggara |
| dative | hryggari | hryggari | hryggara |
| genitive | hryggari | hryggari | hryggara |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | hryggari | hryggari | hryggari |
| accusative | hryggari | hryggari | hryggari |
| dative | hryggari | hryggari | hryggari |
| genitive | hryggari | hryggari | hryggari |
superlative (strong declension)
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | hryggastur | hryggust | hryggast |
| accusative | hryggastan | hryggasta | hryggast |
| dative | hryggustum | hryggastri | hryggustu |
| genitive | hryggasts | hryggastrar | hryggasts |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | hryggastir | hryggastar | hryggust |
| accusative | hryggasta | hryggastar | hryggust |
| dative | hryggustum | hryggustum | hryggustum |
| genitive | hryggastra | hryggastra | hryggastra |
superlative (weak declension)
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | hryggasti | hryggasta | hryggasta |
| accusative | hryggasta | hryggustu | hryggasta |
| dative | hryggasta | hryggustu | hryggasta |
| genitive | hryggasta | hryggustu | hryggasta |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | hryggustu | hryggustu | hryggustu |
| accusative | hryggustu | hryggustu | hryggustu |
| dative | hryggustu | hryggustu | hryggustu |
| genitive | hryggustu | hryggustu | hryggustu |
Etymology 2
From Old Norse hryggr.
Noun
hryggur m (genitive singular hryggjar, nominative plural hryggir)
- (anatomy) the spine, the back
- 1928, Krummavísa (“Raven Song”, on the Icelandic Wikisource) by Jón Ásgeirsson
- Krummi krunkar úti,
- kallar á nafna sinn:
- „Ég fann höfuð af hrúti
- hrygg og gæruskinn.“
- Komdu nú og kroppaðu með mér,
- krummi nafni minn.
- “Krummi croaks outside,
- calling his namesake:
- ‘I found the head of a ram,
- backbone and sheepskin.’
- Come now and peck with me,
- Krummi, my namesake.”
- 1928, Krummavísa (“Raven Song”, on the Icelandic Wikisource) by Jón Ásgeirsson
- (landscape) a ridge
Declension
declension of hryggur
| m-s2 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | hryggur | hryggurinn | hryggir | hryggirnir |
| accusative | hrygg | hrygginn | hryggi | hryggina |
| dative | hrygg | hryggnum | hryggjum | hryggjunum |
| genitive | hryggjar | hryggjarins | hryggja | hryggjanna |
Synonyms
- (ridge): fjallsás
Derived terms
- mjóhryggur