tugur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse tigr, tegr, tøgr, from Proto-Germanic *teguz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtʰʏːɣʏr/
Rhymes: -ʏːɣʏr

Noun

tugur m (genitive singular tugar, nominative plural tugir)

a group of ten

Declension

declension of tugur

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
m-s3	singular		plural
nominative	tugur	tugurinn	tugir	tugirnir
accusative	tug	tuginn	tugi	tugina
dative	tugi / tug	tugnum	tugum	tugunum
genitive	tugar	tugarins	tuga	tuganna

Derived terms

aldatugur
áratugur (“decade”)
tugþraut (“decathlon”)

Related terms

tíu

References

Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)

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