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Icelandic
Etymology
Literally, “words’ book of modern language”. Created from nútímamáls (“modern language”, genitive singular of nútímamál) + orðabók (“dictionary”).
Pronunciation
Noun
nútímamálsorðabók f (genitive singular nútímamálsorðabókar, nominative plural nútímamálsorðabækur)
- A modern language dictionary; a dictionary which describes a language as it is currently used, as opposed to how it was used in the past.
Declension
Declension of
nútímamálsorðabók (
feminine, based on bók)
Further reading
- “nútímamálsorðabók”, in Ritmálssafn Orðabókar Háskólans [The Written Collection of the Lexicological Institute] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, (Can we date this quote?)