From frekja (“an ill-mannered and importunate person”) + skarð (“gap”). Exact origin unclear, presumably derived from a caricaturish association between importunate people and a front-tooth gap. The term is today however mostly neutral and does not imply that the person is ill-mannered.
frekjuskarð n (genitive singular frekjuskarðs, nominative plural frekjuskörð)
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | frekjuskarð | frekjuskarðið | frekjuskörð | frekjuskörðin |
accusative | frekjuskarð | frekjuskarðið | frekjuskörð | frekjuskörðin |
dative | frekjuskarði | frekjuskarðinu | frekjuskörðum | frekjuskörðunum |
genitive | frekjuskarðs | frekjuskarðsins | frekjuskarða | frekjuskarðanna |