mánuður

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse mánuðr, variant of mánaðr, from Proto-Germanic *mēnōþs (“month”), from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”). See also máni. Cognate with Faroese mánaður, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål måned and Swedish and Norwegian Nynorsk månad, English month, Old English mōnaþ, German Monat, Dutch maand.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmauːnʏ(ː)ðʏr/

Noun

mánuður m (genitive singular mánaðar, nominative plural mánuðir)

month

Declension

declension of mánuður

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
m-s3	singular		plural
nominative	mánuður	mánuðurinn	mánuðir	mánuðirnir
accusative	mánuð	mánuðinn	mánuði	mánuðina
dative	mánuði	mánuðinum	mánuðum	mánuðunum
genitive	mánaðar	mánaðarins	mánaða	mánaðanna

Derived terms

hálfur mánuður
mánaðarlaun
mánaðarlegur

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