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Icelandic
Etymology
From líf (“life”) + spursmál (“problem, question, issue”); literally meaning "a question of life".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlifsˌspʏr̥s.mauːl/
Noun
lífsspursmál n (genitive singular lífsspursmáls, nominative plural lífsspursmál)
- matter of life and death, something very urgent or pressing, an important issue
- 1946, Halldór Laxness, Sjálfstætt fólk ("Independent People"), chapter 67, page 471:
Það glöggvar ykkur nú samt, bændurna, að heyra deilt um lífsspursmálin, sagði alþíngismaðurinn. O ekki kalla ég það að deila um lífsspursmál, þó menn segi hverjir öðrum að éta skít í góðu veðri á sunnudegi, einsog stórhöfðingjar gera nú á dögum.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
declension of lífsspursmál