Beygingarlegan

Beygingarlegan is the accusative singular form of the Icelandic adjective beygingarlegur, which means “inflectional” or “relating to inflection.” It is used to describe something that concerns the inflectional system of a language, particularly Icelandic grammar itself.

In Icelandic, adjectives decline to agree with the nouns they modify for case, number, and definiteness. The form beygingarlegan appears when the modified noun is in the accusative case, typically before a singular noun. Other cases and numbers use different endings of the same base adjective, depending on gender and definiteness.

The word is mainly encountered in descriptive or technical contexts, such as linguistic discussion or grammar explanations. It helps specify that a feature, property, or aspect being discussed is related to inflection rather than, for example, semantics or syntax alone. Because Icelandic adjective forms change with case and definiteness, beygingarlegan serves as a concrete grammatical marker in sentences that require an accusative singular adjective form.

Example usage: beygingarlegan eiginleika translates roughly to “an inflectional feature.” Here, eiginleika is the accusative singular form of eiginleiki (feature), and beygingarlegan modifies it to indicate the nature of the feature as inflection-related.

See also: beyging, íslensk málfræði, lýsingarorð í íslensku (Icelandic grammar, adjectives).