gráða
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Icelandic
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
gráða f (genitive singular gráðu, nominative plural gráður)
- degree (unit of temperature)
- Synonym: stig
- degree (unit by which angles are measured)
- degree (certificate given by a university)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | gráða | gráðan | gráður | gráðurnar |
| accusative | gráðu | gráðuna | gráður | gráðurnar |
| dative | gráðu | gráðunni | gráðum | gráðunum |
| genitive | gráðu | gráðunnar | gráða, gráðna | gráðanna, gráðnanna |
Old Norse
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin gradus (“step”).
Noun
gráða f (genitive gráðu)
Declension
| feminine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | gráða | gráðan | gráður | gráðurnar |
| accusative | gráðu | gráðuna | gráður | gráðurnar |
| dative | gráðu | gráðunni | gráðum | gráðunum |
| genitive | gráðu | gráðunnar | gráðna | gráðnanna |
Descendants
- Icelandic: gráða
Etymology 2
Noun
gráða
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “gráða”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 170; also available at the Internet Archive