rauðvingull – Icelandic noun declension

Icelandic noun forms of rauðvingull

Noun: rauðvingull
Gender: m
Declension:

Nominative

Sg. Indef.rauðvingull
Sg. Def.rauðvingullinn
Pl. Indef.rauðvinglar
Pl. Def.rauðvinglarnir

Genitive

Sg. Indef.rauðvinguls
Sg. Def.rauðvingulsins
Pl. Indef.rauðvingla
Pl. Def.rauðvinglanna

Dative

Sg. Indef.rauðvingli
Sg. Def.rauðvinglinum
Pl. Indef.rauðvinglum
Pl. Def.rauðvinglunum

Accusative

Sg. Indef.rauðvingul
Sg. Def.rauðvingulinn
Pl. Indef.rauðvingla
Pl. Def.rauðvinglana

Sample Sentences

  • Fræið spíraði illa og frægresið hvarf úr sögunni á fáum árum, en í þess stað náði margskonar illgresi yfirhöndinni, svo sem: súrur, mjaðurt, sóleyjar, fíflar o. fl. og grastegundir, sem í Danmörku þykja ljelegar fóðurjurtir, eins og snarrótarpuntur og rauðvingull. (The seed sprouted badly and the seed grass disappeared from history in a few years, but in its place many different kinds of weeds gained the upper hand: sorrels, meadowsweet, buttercups, dandelions and others; and grass species, which in Denmark are considered poor fodder plants, like tufted hairgrass and red fescue.) [1926, “Sáðsljettur”, in Ársrit Rætunarfélags Norðurlands, volume 23, page 61:]
  • Á Íslandi er túnvingull algengasta grastegundin, ef með er talinn rauðvingull, sem stundum telst til sömu tegundar. (In Iceland, Arctic fescue is the most common grass species, if red fescue is also counted, which is sometimes considered to be the same species.) [1995 January 13, “Ýmsar grastegundir”, in Dagblaðið Vísir, volume 85/21, number 11, page 37:]

Etymology

From rauður (“red”) + vingull (“fescue”).

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