-ingur
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Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse -ingr, from Proto-Germanic *-ingaz.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /iŋkʏr/
- Rhymes: -iŋkʏr (note that some words with this suffix may not carry stress on the penultimate syllable, and therefore do not rhyme with the others)
Suffix[edit]
-ingur
- Forms verbal nouns.
- Added to a noun stem, effecting i-mutation (if applicable), forming a noun denoting an inhabitant or original of a particular place, a student of a particular school, etc.
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
- -lingur (dimunitive suffix)