miðmynd

Icelandic
Examples

Germynd (“active voice”)

Maðurinn klæðir barnið. (“The man dresses the child.”)

Miðmynd (“middle voice”)

Maðurinn klæðist. (“The man gets dressed.”)

Þolmynd (“passive voice”)

Maðurinn er klæddur. (“The man is dressed by someone.”)

Etymology

From mið- (“mid-, middle-”) +‎ mynd (“grammatical voice”); confer miðja (“a center”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɪð.mɪnt/

Noun

miðmynd f (genitive singular miðmyndar, nominative plural miðmyndir)

  1. (grammar) middle voice, mediopassive voice, mediopassive (abbreviated as miðm. or mm.)

Declension
declension of miðmynd
f-s2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative miðmynd miðmyndin miðmyndir miðmyndirnar
accusative miðmynd miðmyndina miðmyndir miðmyndirnar
dative miðmynd miðmyndinni miðmyndum miðmyndunum
genitive miðmyndar miðmyndarinnar miðmynda miðmyndanna

Derived terms
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