-angur
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse -angr, derived from compounds with a variety of different heads.[1] For example:
- árangur (“success”) from ár (“year”) + gangur (“course”)
- farangur (“luggage”) from a modification of far (“passage”) + gagn (“item”)
- berangur (“(the) open”) from ber (“bare”) + vangur (“field”)
- Stafangur (“Stavanger”, city in Norway) from stafur (“staff”) + angur (“fjord, bay”)
The inflection (with r as part of the stem) is inherited from the last of these angur (“fjord, bay”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /auŋkʏr/
- Rhymes: -auŋkʏr (note that some words with this suffix may not carry stress on the penultimate syllable, and therefore do not rhyme with the others)
Suffix
-angur m (noun-forming suffix, genitive singular -angurs, nominative plural -angrar)
- forms nouns from nouns (unproductive)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | -angur | -angurinn | -angrar | -angrarnir |
| accusative | -angur | -angurinn | -angra | -angrana |
| dative | -angri | -angrinum | -öngrum | -öngrunum |
| genitive | -angurs | -angursins | -angra | -angranna |
Derived terms
See also
- -ang f
References
- ^ Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “-angur”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN, page 20 (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
Further reading
- Alexander Jóhannesson (1927), Die Suffixe im Isländischen [The Icelandic suffixes] (in German), Halle: Max Niemeyer Gutenberg Buchdruckerei, §19, page 20