gengilbeina

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Icelandic

Etymology

From ganga (“to walk”) +‎ bein (“leg”), literally “ who travels by foot”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈceiŋcɪlˌpeiːna/

Noun

gengilbeina f (genitive singular gengilbeinu, nominative plural gengilbeinur)

  1. a waitress, a female waiter
  2. (archaic) a woman who travels by foot
  3. (archaic, poetic) an ambátt (female slave)

Usage notes

In modern speech this term can only mean “waitress”, but it is sufficiently rare that many younger speakers are unfamiliar with it. Þjónn is a far more common term.

Declension

Declension of gengilbeina (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gengilbeina gengilbeinan gengilbeinur gengilbeinurnar
accusative gengilbeinu gengilbeinuna gengilbeinur gengilbeinurnar
dative gengilbeinu gengilbeinunni gengilbeinum gengilbeinunum
genitive gengilbeinu gengilbeinunnar gengilbeina gengilbeinanna
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