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Icelandic
Etymology
From að- (“to”) + draga (“draw, drag”) + -andi (present participle suffix).
Pronunciation
Noun
aðdragandi m (genitive singular aðdraganda, nominative plural aðdragendur)
- (sometimes in the plural) antecedents, preamble, events leading up to something
- (in the singular)
- preparation
- a slow change or shift
- a gentle incline
Declension
Derived terms
References
- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
- Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “aðdragandi”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
- Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
- “aðdragandi” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
- “aðdragandi”, in Íðorðabanki (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, 2002–2024