slæmur
Icelandic
Etymology
Borrowed from Danish slem, which borrowed it from Middle Low German slim (“bent, crooked”), from Old Saxon *slimb, from Proto-West Germanic *slimb, from Proto-Germanic *slimbaz (“slanted, crooked”). Possibly related to Lithuatian slim̃pti (“to sneak, stroll”)[1][2][3].
Adjective
slæmur (comparative verri, superlative verstur)
- bad (not good)
- Það eru slæmar fréttir. ― Those are some bad news.
- Ég er slæmur í bakinu. ― I have a bad back.
Inflection
strong declension
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | slæmur | slæm | slæmt |
| accusative | slæman | slæma | slæmt |
| dative | slæmum | slæmri | slæmu |
| genitive | slæms | slæmrar | slæms |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | slæmir | slæmar | slæm |
| accusative | slæma | slæmar | slæm |
| dative | slæmum | slæmum | slæmum |
| genitive | slæmra | slæmra | slæmra |
weak declension
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | slæmi | slæma | slæma |
| accusative | slæma | slæmu | slæma |
| dative | slæma | slæmu | slæma |
| genitive | slæma | slæmu | slæma |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | slæmu | slæmu | slæmu |
| accusative | slæmu | slæmu | slæmu |
| dative | slæmu | slæmu | slæmu |
| genitive | slæmu | slæmu | slæmu |
comparative
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | verri | verri | verra |
| accusative | verri | verri | verra |
| dative | verri | verri | verra |
| genitive | verri | verri | verra |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | verri | verri | verri |
| accusative | verri | verri | verri |
| dative | verri | verri | verri |
| genitive | verri | verri | verri |
strong declension
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | verstur | verst | verst |
| accusative | verstan | versta | verst |
| dative | verstum | verstri | verstu |
| genitive | versts | verstrar | versts |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | verstir | verstar | verst |
| accusative | versta | verstar | verst |
| dative | verstum | verstum | verstum |
| genitive | verstra | verstra | verstra |
weak declension
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | versti | versta | versta |
| accusative | versta | verstu | versta |
| dative | versta | verstu | versta |
| genitive | versta | verstu | versta |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | verstu | verstu | verstu |
| accusative | verstu | verstu | verstu |
| dative | verstu | verstu | verstu |
| genitive | verstu | verstu | verstu |
See also
- vondur (“bad; bad-tasting; evil”)
- illur (“evil”)
References
- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans, page 901. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)
- Heidermanns, Frank (1993), “slimba-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen Primäradjektive (Studia linguistica Germanica; 33) (in German), Berlin; New York: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 513
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*slimƀaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 351