vantrú
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See also: vantru
Icelandic
Etymology
From van- (“too little, lacking in, short of”) + trú (“religion, believe; faith”), from Old Norse vantrú. Cognates with Danish vantro.
Noun
vantrú f (genitive singular vantrúar, no plural)
- disbelief, a lack of faith
- Antonym: trúgirni
- no confidence, a lack of confidence
- Ég hef vantrú á þessu.
- I have no confidence in this.
Declension
Synonyms
- (lack of fatih): trúleysi
Derived terms
Derived terms
- meðferðarvantrú (“nihilism, therapeutic nihilism”)
- vantrúa
- vantrúaralda
- vantrúarauga
- vantrúarblandinn
- vantrúarbros
- vantrúarfullur
- vantrúarglott
- vantrúarhreimur
- vantrúarmaður
- vantrúarseggur
- vantrúarsvipur
- vantrúaður
- vantrúnaður
References
- Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2024), “vantrú”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies