þankastrik

þankastrik

Icelandic

Etymology

From þanki (“thought”) +‎ strik (“line, stroke”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθauŋ̊kaˌstrɪːk/

  Rhymes: -ɪːk

Noun

þankastrik n (genitive singular þankastriks, nominative plural þankastrik)

1. (typography) an em dash, the symbol “—” (used to demarcate a parenthetical thought or to indicate a break, or for emphasis)

Usage notes

• Used to demarcate opposites, unexpected or sudden changed in narrative; an insertion, a comment or an addition that is to emphasized.[1][2]
• They are to be separated from the text by one space (“ ”)[1][2][3]—this is different from English where spaces normally neither follow nor precede an em dash.

Declension

declension of þankastrik

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	þankastrik	þankastrikið	þankastrik	þankastrikin
accusative	þankastrik	þankastrikið	þankastrik	þankastrikin
dative	þankastriki	þankastrikinu	þankastrikum	þankastrikunum
genitive	þankastriks	þankastriksins	þankastrika	þankastrikanna

Synonyms

• (em dash): m-strik[4]

Derived terms

• stutt þankastrik (an en dash)

See also

• brotinn, brota- (dashed)
• brotin lína (a dashed line)
• morsstrik (a Morse dash)
• strika- og punktalína (dash and dotted line)
• tilstrik, stutt þankastrik (an en dash)

References

1. 18. gr. Auglýsing um greinarmerkjasetningu (“Article 18, Notice of Punctuation Formatting”)
2. Leiðbeiningar fyrir höfunda greina, viðhorfa og sjónrýni í Sögu (“Guidelines for Authors of Articles, Opinion Pieces and Visual Analysis in Saga”)
3. Þankastrik, band strik og skiptistrik (“The Em Dash, En Dash and Hyphen”)
4. “Íslenskt mál og almenn málfræði”, in (please provide the title of the work)‎, accessed 23 September 2010, archived from the original on 2011-09-29