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

f-w1	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