gemsi
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Icelandic[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
gemsi m (genitive singular gemsa, nominative plural gemsar)
- one-year-old sheep
Declension[edit]
declension of gemsi
Derived terms[edit]
- vandræðagemsi (“troublemaker”)
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
A metathetic vocalization of GSM (“Global System for Mobile communications”).
Fell into disuse around the time when smartphones became ubiquitous (c. 2010), which are simply termed sími or farsími.
Noun[edit]
gemsi m (genitive singular gemsa, nominative plural gemsar)
- (informal) cell phone, mobile phone (but not a smartphone) [late 1990s – early 2010s]
Declension[edit]
declension of gemsi
Synonyms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “gemsi” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)