blandaðir

Blandaðir is an Icelandic adjective meaning "mixed" or "blended." It is the masculine plural form of the past participle blandaður, which is derived from the verb blanda, meaning to mix. The word is used to describe things that have been combined from several ingredients or parts.

In Icelandic, adjectives decline to agree with the noun they modify in gender, number, and case. The masculine plural nominative form is blandaðir; feminine plural is blandaðar; neuter plural is blandað. This means the form you use depends on the noun it accompanies, and it is common in everyday language to encounter phrases such as blandaðir drykkir (mixed drinks) or other contexts where items are described as having been combined.

Usage and context: blandaðir is widely used in cooking and beverages to indicate mixtures, such as recipes that combine several ingredients into one product. It can also appear in descriptions of materials, products, or processes that involve combining elements, provided the noun matches the masculine plural form. The term helps convey that the resulting item is not pure or single-component but a composite.

Notes on form: as with many Icelandic participles used adjectivally, blandaður and its inflected forms agree with the noun they describe. This makes correct usage reliant on gender and number agreement within a sentence.

See also: Icelandic grammar, adjectives, participles, language usage.