timburmaður

Icelandic

Etymology

From timbur (“timber”) +‎ maður (“man”). The sense ‘hangover’ is a Semantic loan from Danish tømmermænd (“a hangover”). The oldest attestation of timburmenn in the sense "hangover" in the Orðabók Háskólans is from an issue of Fjallkonan from 1891[1] which goes as follows:

Margar tegundir kaffibrauðs ... fínasta Scotch Whisky, hið eina í bænum sem enginn fær af hina leiðu timbrmenn.
Many types of bakery products ... the finest Scotch Whiskey, the only one in town that does not result in the dreaded hangover.

The literal meaning of ‘carpenter’, however, is far older.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtʰɪmpʏrˌmaːðʏr/

Noun

timburmaður m (genitive singular timburmanns, nominative plural timburmenn)

  1. (used in the plural) a hangover
    Synonym: þynnka
  2. (dated) carpenter, woodworker
    Synonyms: smiður, trésmiður, húsasmiður, snikkari

Declension
declension of timburmaður
maður singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative timburmaður timburmaðurinn timburmenn timburmennirnir
accusative timburmann timburmanninn timburmenn timburmennina
dative timburmanni timburmanninum timburmönnum timburmönnunum
genitive timburmanns timburmannsins timburmanna timburmannanna

See also
  • grúttimbraður
  • hafa þórshamra í höfðinu
  • skelþunnur
  • timbrast
  • timbrast upp

References
  1. Icelandic Web of Science: Hvaðan kemur orðið timburmenn? (“Where does the word timburmenn come from?”)
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