jólaköttur
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Icelandic
Etymology
From jól (“Christmas”) + köttur (“cat”).
Pronunciation
Noun
jólaköttur m (genitive singular jólakattar, nominative plural jólakettir)
- (mythology) the Yule cat: a monster known for eating children who do not receive clothes for Christmas.
- Fékkstu ný föt í jólagjöf eða ferðu í jólaköttinn í ár?
- Did you get new clothes for Christmas or are you going in the Yule cat this year?
- 2004 December 12, Elínrós Líndal, “Jólaföt á smáfólkið”, in Morgunblaðið, →ISSN, →OCLC:
- Í slíkum undirbúningi skiptir máli að fjölskyldan fjárfesti í huggulegum hátíðarklæðum, til að komast hjá því að lenda í bíræfnum klóm jólakattarins.
- In such preparations it is hugely important that the family invests in cozy festive clothing, in order to avoid landing in the audacious claws of the Yule cat.
Declension
Declension of jólaköttur (masculine)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | jólaköttur | jólakötturinn | jólakettir | jólakettirnir |
| accusative | jólakött | jólaköttinn | jólaketti | jólakettina |
| dative | jólaketti | jólakettinum | jólaköttum | jólaköttunum |
| genitive | jólakattar | jólakattarins | jólakatta | jólakattanna |
Derived terms
- fara í jólaköttinn (not getting new garments for Christmas)
References
- jólaköttur at ISLEX