Einstaklingnum

Einstaklingnum is the definite singular dative form of the Icelandic noun einstaklingur, meaning the individual or the person. Einstaklingur denotes a single person within a group and is commonly used in discussions of individuals, populations, or units. In Icelandic, nouns decline for case and definiteness; for masculine nouns like einstaklingur, the definite singular forms include einstaklingurinn (nominative and accusative), einstaklingnum (dative), and einstaklingsins (genitive). The form einstaklingnum explicitly marks the dative case with the definite article and appears in contexts requiring a dative noun, or in older and, sometimes, more formal varieties of the language.

In practice, einstaklingnum is encountered in sentences where a dative construction is required or where a fixed phrase uses the dative. Modern Icelandic maintains a distinction among cases, though many functions that once relied on the dative are now expressed with prepositional phrases or alternative constructions. The noun einstaklingur itself is part of a broader set of terms describing individuals or units within a population, and its definite dative form is one of several inflected forms used to convey grammatical relationships in Icelandic.

Understanding einstaklingnum thus involves recognizing its role as the specific, definite form of a masculine singular noun in the dative case, contrasting with the base or other definite forms such as einstaklingurinn in nominative or accusative and einstaklingsins in genitive.