mannkyn

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse mannkyn.

Pronunciation

Noun

mannkyn n (genitive singular mannkyns, no plural)

  1. mankind

Declension

declension of mannkyn
n-s singular
indefinite definite
nominative mannkyn mannkynið
accusative mannkyn mannkynið
dative mannkyni mannkyninu
genitive mannkyns mannkynsins

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *manakunją; equivalent to maðr +‎ kyn.

Noun

mannkyn n

  1. mankind

Declension

  Declension of mannkyn (strong ja-stem, singular only)
neuter singular
indefinite definite
nominative mannkyn mannkynit
accusative mannkyn mannkynit
dative mannkyni mannkyninu
genitive mannkyns mannkynsins

Descendants

  • Danish: mandkøn
  • Icelandic: mannkyn

References

  • “mannkyn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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