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Icelandic
Etymology
Literally, “format of words’ books”. Created from orðabókar (“dictionary”, genitive plural of orðabók) + form (“format”).
Pronunciation
Noun
orðabókarform n (genitive singular orðabókarforms, nominative plural orðabókarform)
- dictionary form; a format which is similar to that which would be used in a dictionary (i.e. a list with definitions and lexemes, often in alphabetical order).
Declension
Declension of orðabókarform (neuter)
Further reading
- “orðabókarform”, 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?)