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Sverrir Hólmarsson; Sanders, Christopher; Tucker, John / Íslensk-ensk orđabók (1989)

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Numbers

cardinal ordinal cardinal ordinal
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17		 einn
tveir
ţrír
fjórir
fimm
sex
sjö
átta
níu
tíu
ellefu
tólf
ţrettán
fjórtán
fimmtán
sextán
sautján
(seytján)		 fyrsti
annar
ţriđji
fjórđi
fimmti
sjötti
sjöundi
áttundi
níundi
tíundi
ellefti
tólfti
ţrettándi
fjórtándi
fimmtándi
sextándi
sautjándi
(seytjándi)		 18
19
20
21
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
101
200
1000
2000		 átján
nítján
tuttugu
tuttugu og einn
ţrjátíu
fjörutíu
fimmtíu
sextíu
sjötíu
áttatíu
níutíu
hundrađ
hundrađ og einn
tvö hundruđ
ţúsund
tvö ţúsund		 átjándi
nítjándi
tuttugasti
tuttugasti og fyrsti
ţrítugasti
fertugasti
fimmtugasti
sextugasti
sjötugasti
áttugasti
nítugasti
hundrađasti
hundrađasti og fyrsti
tvöhundruđasti
ţúsundasti
tvöţúsundasti

Declension of cardinal numbers

sg pl
m f n m f n
nom einn ein eitt einir einar ein
acc einn eina eitt eina einar ein
dat einum einni einu einum einum einum
gen eins einnar eins einna einna einna
pl
nom tveir tvćr tvö ţrír ţrjár ţrjú
acc tvo tvćr tvö ţrjá ţrjár ţrjú
dat tveim(ur) tveim(ur) tveim(ur) ţrem(ur) ţrem(ur) ţrem(ur)
gen tveggja tveggja tveggja ţriggja ţriggja ţriggja
nom fjórir fjórar fjögur
acc fjóra fjórar fjögur
dat fjórum fjórum fjórum
gen fjögurra fjögurra fjögurra

The unexpected plural of einn (einir, einar, ein) can be glossed as a couple. The numbers following have only the plural form. Numbers higher than four are indeclinable. The plural of hundrađ is hundruđ while that of ţúsund is the same as the singular.

Declension of ordinal numbers

fyrsti and the ordinal numbers from ţriđji on are declined as weak adjectives. annar has a special declension:

  [p. 42]  
sg pl
m f n m f n
nom annar önnur annađ ađrir ađrar önnur
acc annan ađra annađ ađra ađrar önnur
dat öđrum annarri öđru öđrum öđrum öđrum
gen annars annarrar annars annarra annarra annarra
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