slæmur

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Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish slem, which borrowed it from Middle Low German slim (“bent, crooked”), from Old Saxon *slimb, from Proto-West Germanic *slimb, from Proto-Germanic *slimbaz (“slanted, crooked”). Possibly related to Lithuatian slim̃pti (“to sneak, stroll”).[1][2][3]

Adjective

slæmur (comparative verri, superlative verstur)

  1. bad (not good)
    Það eru slæmar fréttir. ― Those are some bad news.
    Ég er slæmur í bakinu. ― I have a bad back.

Declension

positive forms of slæmur
strong declension
(indefinite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative slæmur slæm slæmt
accusative slæman slæma
dative slæmum slæmri slæmu
genitive slæms slæmrar slæms
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative slæmir slæmar slæm
accusative slæma
dative slæmum
genitive slæmra
weak declension
(definite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative slæmi slæma slæma
acc/dat/gen slæma slæmu
plural (all-case) slæmu
comparative forms of slæmur
weak declension
(definite) 		masculine feminine neuter
singular (all-case) verri verri verra
plural (all-case) verri
superlative forms of slæmur
strong declension
(indefinite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative verstur verst verst
accusative verstan versta
dative verstum verstri verstu
genitive versts verstrar versts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative verstir verstar verst
accusative versta
dative verstum
genitive verstra
weak declension
(definite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative versti versta versta
acc/dat/gen versta verstu
plural (all-case) verstu

See also

  • vondur (“bad; bad-tasting; evil”)
  • illur (“evil”)

References

  1. ^ Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN, page 901 (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
  2. ^ Heidermanns, Frank (1993) “slimba-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen Primäradjektive (Studia linguistica Germanica; 33) (in German), Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 513
  3. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*slimƀaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 351
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