aumingi

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈøyːmiɲcɪ/

Noun

aumingi m (genitive singular aumingja, nominative plural aumingjar)

  1. wimp
    Hann er algjör aumingi, getur ekki einusinni lyft borði.
    He's a total loser, can't even lift a table.
  2. loser
    Þegiðu helvítis auminginn þinn!
    Shut up you fucking loser!
  3. poor thing (used to express pity)
    Synonyms: grey, vesalingur
    Æ, aumingja strákurinn. ― Oh, poor boy.

Declension

Declension of aumingi (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative aumingi auminginn aumingjar aumingjarnir
accusative aumingja aumingjann aumingja aumingjana
dative aumingja aumingjanum aumingjum aumingjunum
genitive aumingja aumingjans aumingja aumingjanna

Derived terms

  • aumingjaskapur m

Old Norse

Etymology

From aumr (“poor, miserable, unhappy”) +‎ -ingi.

Noun

aumingi m (genitive aumingja)

  1. miserable person, wretch

Declension

Declension of aumingi (weak an-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative aumingi auminginn aumingjar aumingjarnir
accusative aumingja aumingjann aumingja aumingjana
dative aumingja aumingjanum aumingjum aumingjunum
genitive aumingja aumingjans aumingja aumingjanna

See also

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “aumingi”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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