leiðangur
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse leiðangr (“act of conscripting for war at sea”). By surface analysis, leið f (“way”) + -angur (nominal suffix). Cognate with the historical terms Norwegian Nynorsk leidang m, Swedish ledung c, Danish leding c, and borrowed into English lething.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈleiːðauŋkʏr/
Noun
leiðangur m (genitive singular leiðangurs, nominative plural leiðangrar)
- expedition, journey
- Near-synonyms: ferð f (“trip”), könnunarferð f (“reconnaissance”), rannsóknarferð f (“research trip”)
- Árið 1913 hélt hann í leiðangur til Suður-Ameríku.
- In 1913, he set off on an expedition to South America.
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | leiðangur | leiðangurinn | leiðangrar | leiðangrarnir |
| accusative | leiðangur | leiðangurinn | leiðangra | leiðangrana |
| dative | leiðangri | leiðangrinum | leiðöngrum | leiðöngrunum |
| genitive | leiðangurs | leiðangursins | leiðangra | leiðangranna |
In some older texts it occurs with a neuter gender:
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | leiðangur | leiðangrið | leiðöngur | leiðöngrin |
| accusative | leiðangur | leiðangrið | leiðöngur | leiðöngrin |
| dative | leiðangri | leiðangrinu | leiðöngrum | leiðöngrunum |
| genitive | leiðangurs | leiðangursins | leiðangra | leiðangranna |
Derived terms
types of expedition
- björgunarleiðangur (“rescue mission”)
- hefndarleiðangur (“revenge mission”)
- herleiðangur (“military campaign”)
- íslandsleiðangur (“Icelandic expedition”)
- könnunarleiðangur (“exploratory expedition”)
- leitarleiðangur (“search expedition”)
- loðnuleiðangur (“capelin expedition”)
- makrílleiðangur (“mackerel expedition”)
- rannsóknaleiðangur, rannsóknarleiðangur m (“research expedition”)
- verslunarleiðangur, innkaupaleiðangur (“shopping trip”)
- vísindaleiðangur (“scientific expedition”)
- vorleiðangur (“spring expedition”), haustleiðangur (“autumn expedition”)
other
- leiðangursmaður m (“expedition member”)
- leiðangursskip n (“expedition ship”)
- leiðangursstjóri m (“expedition leader”)
References
- ^ Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “leiðangur”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN, page 551 (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
Further reading
- Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2026), “leiðangur”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
- “leiðangur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
- “leiðangur”, in Ritmálssafn Orðabókar Háskólans [The Written Collection of the Lexicological Institute] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies