Staðlaðrar

Staðlaðrar is an inflected form of the Icelandic adjective staðlaður, meaning standardized or normed. It is used to describe feminine nouns in specific cases, most commonly in the genitive and dative, and appears in phrases where the noun it modifies is feminine.

In terms of grammar, staðlaðrar is the feminine singular form used when the noun it accompanies is in the genitive (and often in the dative) singular. This form contrasts with other gendered forms such as staðlað, staðlaður, or staðlaðar, which appear in different gender and case combinations. Because Icelandic adjectives agree with the noun they modify in gender, number, and case, staðlaðrar functions as the marker for the feminine singular genitive/dative context.

Usage and meaning are largely technical or formal. staðlaðrar is typically found in contexts that discuss conformity to standards, specifications, or procedures. For example, phrases like staðlaðrar aðferðar (of a standardized method) or staðlaðrar mælingar (of standardized measurement) convey that the method or measurement adheres to an established standard. In regulatory, academic, and engineering Icelandic writing, this form helps specify that a feminine-noun concept is being described as standardized.

Etymology traces the form to the root staðla-, from the verb staðla, meaning to standardize, with the standard Icelandic adjective suffixes added to reflect gender, number, and case. The word illustrates how Icelandic uses inflection to encode grammatical relationships in long noun phrases.

See also: Icelandic grammar, standardization, terminology in Icelandic technical writing.