aðhald

Icelandic

Etymology

From að- +‎ hald.

Noun

aðhald n (genitive singular aðhalds, no plural)

  1. support, guidance
    Synonym: stuðningur
  2. holding of the reins; control, hold
    hafa aðhald á hesti
    have a hold of a horse
  3. self-restraint, temperance, thrift
    Synonym: sparnaður (m)
    ómögulega, ég er í áhaldi
    not possible, I'm restraining myself
  4. supervision, monitoring, guidance
    Synonym: taumhald
    beita aðhaldi við e-nforce smn
    hafa aðhaldget nowhere; be hindered under pressure
    hann er latur og þarf aðhald
    he's lazy and needs guidance
    • 2000, Gunnar G. Schram, Ísland á Nýrri Öld, University of Iceland Press, →ISBN, page 147:
      Aðhald og eftirlit með framkvæmdarvaldi og stjórnsýslunni hefur að ýmsu leyti verið styrkt í formi og framkvæmd.
      Supervision and surveillance of executive power and the administration has been supported in form and function in various ways.
  5. diet
    Synonym: megrun
  6. isolation, separation
    féð er í áhaldi
    the animals are isolated

Declension

Declension of aðhald (sg-only neuter, based on hald)
singular
indefinite definite
nominative aðhald aðhaldið
accusative aðhald aðhaldið
dative aðhaldi aðhaldinu
genitive aðhalds aðhaldsins

Derived terms

References

  • Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2026), “aðhald”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
  • Mörður Árnason (2019), Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
  • “aðhald” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
  • aðhald”, in Ritmálssafn Orðabókar Háskólans [The Written Collection of the Lexicological Institute] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies