Persónulegrar

Persónulegrar is a grammatical form in Icelandic. It is the feminine genitive singular form of the adjective persónulegur, which means personal or relating to a person. The form is used when a feminine noun is in the genitive case and the adjective modifies that noun. Like other Icelandic adjectives, persónulegrar agrees with the noun in gender, number, and case, and appears in contexts where possession or attribution is expressed with a feminine noun in genitive.

In terms of morphology, persónulegrar is produced by taking the base stem persónuleg- and adding the feminine genitive singular ending -ar. This pattern reflects the broader Icelandic system in which adjectives change form to match the grammatical role of the noun they describe. The form is most commonly encountered in written or formal Icelandic, including legal, academic, and literary texts, where precise agreement between adjective and noun is required.

Etymology traces persónulegrar to persónulegur, derived from persóna meaning person, with the suffix -leg signifying pertaining to. The pair illustrates how Icelandic adjectives inflect to indicate gender, number, and case, producing distinct forms such as persónulegrar (feminine genitive singular) alongside persónulegur (masculine nominative singular) and persónuleg (feminine nominative singular).

See also: persónulegur, persónuleg, persónulegt, persónulegar. Notes: persónulegrar is primarily a grammatical form encountered in accurate, formal usage; in everyday speech speakers typically rely on the more common gender-number-case forms of the adjective.