sekúnda
Icelandic
Etymology
From Medieval Latin secunda, short for secunda pars minuta (“second diminished part (of the hour)”).
Declension
declension of sekúnda
| f-w1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | sekúnda | sekúndan | sekúndur | sekúndurnar |
| accusative | sekúndu | sekúnduna | sekúndur | sekúndurnar |
| dative | sekúndu | sekúndunni | sekúndum | sekúndunum |
| genitive | sekúndu | sekúndunnar | sekúndna | sekúndnanna |
Derived terms
- millisekúnda
- míkrósekúnda
Further reading
- sekúnda in Hólmarsson et al.: Íslensk-ensk orðabók. 1989.
- “sekúnda” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
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