{"id":4314,"date":"2013-11-06T14:43:26","date_gmt":"2013-11-06T14:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/islenzka.net\/?p=4314"},"modified":"2013-11-06T16:40:18","modified_gmt":"2013-11-06T16:40:18","slug":"fingers-and-toes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/islenzka.net\/fingers-and-toes\/","title":{"rendered":"Fingers And Toes"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was reading a story last week that had the words for index finger<\/em> and ring finger<\/em> in it, and it made me wonder if I actually knew the names of all of the fingers in Icelandic. So I looked into it, and this is what I found out. I even decided to throw in the foot and toes since it seemed natural \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
h\u00f6nd (f) – hand<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/th>\nsingular<\/th>\nplural<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
nom<\/th>\nh\u00f6nd<\/td>\nhendur<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
acc<\/th>\nh\u00f6nd<\/td>\nhendur<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
dat<\/th>\nhendi<\/td>\nh\u00f6ndum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
gen<\/th>\nhandar<\/td>\nhanda<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n  <\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
fingur (m) – fingur<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/th>\nsingular<\/th>\nplural<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
nom<\/th>\nfingur<\/td>\nfingur<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
acc<\/th>\nfingur<\/td>\nfingur<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
dat<\/th>\nfingri<\/td>\nfingrum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
gen<\/th>\nfingurs<\/td>\nfingra<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

The most common names for the five fingers are as follows:<\/p>\n

\u00feumall<\/strong> – thumb
\nv\u00edsi\u00b7fingur<\/strong> – index finger
\nlangat\u00f6ng<\/strong> – middle finger
\nbaug\u00b7fingur<\/strong> – ring finger
\nlitli\u00b7fingur<\/strong> – little finger<\/p>\n

There are a couple of variations I found, like sleiki\u00b7fingur<\/strong> (index<\/em>) and hring\u00b7fingur<\/strong> (ring<\/em>). Another word for finger is putti<\/strong>, which shows up with the expression<\/p>\n

fara \u00e1 puttanum<\/strong> – hitchhike<\/em><\/p>\n

There was another one for hitchhiking involving the thumb – fer\u00f0ast \u00e1 \u00feumalfingrinum<\/strong> – I don’t know which of either is more common. Another interesting “thumb” related word is \u00feumlungur<\/strong> – inch<\/em>.<\/p>\n

But there’s more to the hand than fingers, so to round out the vocabulary list I’ll add:<\/p>\n

handarbak<\/strong> – back of the hand
\nl\u00f3fi<\/strong> – palm of the hand
\n\u00faln\u00b7li\u00f0ur<\/strong> – wrist
\nn\u00f6gl<\/strong> – fingernail<\/p>\n

And yes, there is even a page on the Icelandic Wikipedia all about the Fingur<\/a> \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

The foot and toes don’t seem quite as interesting, other than st\u00f3rat\u00e1<\/strong> (big toe<\/em>) and l\u00edtlat\u00e1<\/strong> (little toe<\/em>), they seem to just be numbered. There is also \u00feumalt\u00e1<\/strong> for the big toe (thumb toe :))<\/p>\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
f\u00f3tur (m) – foot<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/th>\nsingular<\/th>\nplural<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
nom<\/th>\nf\u00f3tur<\/td>\nf\u00e6tur<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
acc<\/th>\nf\u00f3t<\/td>\nf\u00e6tur<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
dat<\/th>\nf\u00e6ti<\/td>\nf\u00f3tum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
gen<\/th>\nf\u00f3tar<\/td>\nf\u00f3ta<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n  <\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
t\u00e1 (f) – toe<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/th>\nsingular<\/th>\nplural<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
nom<\/th>\nt\u00e1<\/td>\nt\u00e6r<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
acc<\/th>\nt\u00e1<\/td>\nt\u00e6r<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
dat<\/th>\nt\u00e1<\/td>\nt\u00e1m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
gen<\/th>\nt\u00e1ar<\/td>\nt\u00e1a<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

And a few foot related words:<\/p>\n

h\u00e6ll<\/strong> – heel
\n\u00f6kkli<\/strong> – ankle
\nrist<\/strong> – instep<\/p>\n

Be sure to check out the Wikipedia page for T\u00e1<\/a> as well!<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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