Nokkurra

Nokkurra is a term found in the Icelandic language, used as a grammatical form of the determiners and adjectives that express indefiniteness. In particular, nokkurra is the genitive plural form of the determiner nokkur, which translates to “some” or “a few.” It appears in noun phrases where the meaning involves a subset of a larger group or a possessor relation involving some members of that group. Like other inflected elements in Icelandic, this form changes to fit case, number, and gender in a sentence.

In practice, nokkurra is more commonly seen in written Icelandic, including formal prose and linguistic descriptions, and is encountered less often in everyday speech. Contemporary speakers may rely on alternative constructions for similar meanings, using other inflected forms of nokkur such as masculine or feminine variants, or opting for simpler expressions depending on the syntactic context.

Etymology and related forms: nokkur as a base determiner derives from North Germanic roots and has cognates across Scandinavian languages, though inflection patterns differ by language. The genitive plural form nokkurra follows the pattern of Icelandic inflection where determiners and adjectives agree with the noun they modify in case and number.

See also: nokkur, the base determiner from which nokkurra is derived.