tjón

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse tjón (neuter and feminine), from Proto-Germanic *teunō, *teuną.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtʰjouːn/
Rhymes: -ouːn

Noun

tjón n (genitive singular tjóns, nominative plural tjón)

damage, loss
Synonyms: grand, mein, ógagn, skaði, skaðræði, tap, usli, voði

Declension

declension of tjón

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
n-s	singular		plural
nominative	tjón	tjónið	tjón	tjónin
accusative	tjón	tjónið	tjón	tjónin
dative	tjóni	tjóninu	tjónum	tjónunum
genitive	tjóns	tjónsins	tjóna	tjónanna

Further reading

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

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