afturbeygt fornafn

Icelandic

Etymology

From afturbeygt neuter of afturbeygður (“reflexive”) and fornafn (“a pronoun”).

Noun

afturbeygt fornafn n (genitive singular afturbeygðs fornafns, nominative plural afturbeygð fornöfn)

  1. (grammar) reflexive pronoun, reflexive (the word sig (“oneself”))
    Í íslensku fyrirfinnst afturbeygða fornafnið ekki í nefnifalli.
    In Icelandic, the reflexive pronoun doesn't exist in the nominative case.

Derived terms
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