slæmur

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish slem, which borrowed it from Middle Low German slim (“bent, crooked”), from Old Saxon *slimb, from Proto-West Germanic *slimb, from Proto-Germanic *slimbaz (“slanted, crooked”). Possibly related to Lithuatian slim̃pti (“to sneak, stroll”).[1][2][3]

Adjective

slæmur (comparative verri, superlative verstur)

  1. bad (not good)
    Það eru slæmar fréttir. ― Those are some bad news.
    Ég er slæmur í bakinu. ― I have a bad back.

Inflection
    strong declension
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative slæmur slæm slæmt
accusative slæman slæma slæmt
dative slæmum slæmri slæmu
genitive slæms slæmrar slæms
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative slæmir slæmar slæm
accusative slæma slæmar slæm
dative slæmum slæmum slæmum
genitive slæmra slæmra slæmra
    weak declension
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative slæmi slæma slæma
accusative slæma slæmu slæma
dative slæma slæmu slæma
genitive slæma slæmu slæma
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative slæmu slæmu slæmu
accusative slæmu slæmu slæmu
dative slæmu slæmu slæmu
genitive slæmu slæmu slæmu
    comparative
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative verri verri verra
accusative verri verri verra
dative verri verri verra
genitive verri verri verra
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative verri verri verri
accusative verri verri verri
dative verri verri verri
genitive verri verri verri
    strong declension
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative verstur verst verst
accusative verstan versta verst
dative verstum verstri verstu
genitive versts verstrar versts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative verstir verstar verst
accusative versta verstar verst
dative verstum verstum verstum
genitive verstra verstra verstra
    weak declension
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative versti versta versta
accusative versta verstu versta
dative versta verstu versta
genitive versta verstu versta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative verstu verstu verstu
accusative verstu verstu verstu
dative verstu verstu verstu
genitive verstu verstu verstu

See also
  • vondur (“bad; bad-tasting; evil”)
  • illur (“evil”)

References
  1. Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans, page 901. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)
  2. Heidermanns, Frank (1993) “slimba-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen Primäradjektive (Studia linguistica Germanica; 33) (in German), Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 513
  3. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*slimƀaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 351
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