blámaður

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse blámaðr, equivalent to blár +‎ maður. Cognate with Norwegian and Norwegian Nynorsk blåmann and Swedish blåman.

Pronunciation

Noun

blámaður m (genitive singular blámanns, nominative plural blámenn)

  1. a black person

Usage notes

Has a lot of historical literary usage, but may now be considered derogatory by some.

Declension

    Declension of blámaður
maður singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative blámaður blámaðurinn blámenn blámennirnir
accusative blámann blámanninn blámenn blámennina
dative blámanni blámanninum blámönnum blámönnunum
genitive blámanns blámannsins blámanna blámannanna

Synonyms

a black person

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