aðhald
Icelandic
Etymology
From að- + hald.
Noun
aðhald n (genitive singular aðhalds, no plural)
- support, guidance
- Synonym: stuðningur
- holding of the reins; control, hold
- hafa aðhald á hesti
- have a hold of a horse
- self-restraint, temperance, thrift
- Synonym: sparnaður (m)
- ómögulega, ég er í áhaldi
- not possible, I'm restraining myself
- supervision, monitoring, guidance
- Synonym: taumhald
- beita aðhaldi við e-n ― force smn
- hafa aðhald ― get 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.
- diet
- Synonym: megrun
- isolation, separation
- féð er í áhaldi
- the animals are isolated
Declension
| 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