hnútur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse knútr, from Proto-Germanic (compare *knuttan-, whence English knot).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈn̥uːtʏr/
Rhymes: -uːtʏr

Noun

hnútur m (genitive singular hnúts, nominative plural hnútar)

knot
(medicine) hernia
Synonyms: haull, kviðslit
(graph theory) vertex

Declension

Declension of hnútur (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hnútur	hnúturinn	hnútar	hnútarnir
accusative	hnút	hnútinn	hnúta	hnútana
dative	hnút	hnútnum	hnútum	hnútunum
genitive	hnúts	hnútsins	hnúta	hnútanna

Further reading

“hnútur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

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