ambaga

Icelandic

Etymology

Compare ambátt (a bondwoman, a handmaid), the older form ambótt and embætti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈampaːɣa/

Noun

ambaga f (genitive singular ambögu, nominative plural ambögur)

  1. solecism, ineptitude

Declension

Declension of ambaga (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ambaga ambagan ambögur ambögurnar
accusative ambögu amböguna ambögur ambögurnar
dative ambögu ambögunni ambögum ambögunum
genitive ambögu ambögunnar ambaga ambaganna

Derived terms

  • ambögulegur

See also

  • bögumæli
  • rassbaga
  • rangmæli