-dómur
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Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Germanic *-dōmaz.
Suffix
[edit]-dómur m (noun-forming suffix, genitive singular -dóms, nominative plural -dómar)
- -dom, -ness, -ity; forms abstract nouns, often singular-only
- vís (“wise”) -dómur → vísdómur (“wisdom”)
- konungur (“king”) -dómur → konungdómur (“kingdom”)
- sjúkur (“sick, ill”) -dómur → sjúkdómur (“illness, disease”)
- kristinn (“Christian”) -dómur → kristindómur (“Christianity, Christendom”)
Declension
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- “dómur” in: Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)