hlutinu

hlutinu is an Icelandic noun form associated with hlutur, the word for object, thing, or part. As a definite, inflected form, hlutinu appears in contexts where the noun is marked for specificity and for a grammatical case within a sentence. In Icelandic, nouns change form to reflect number, case, and definiteness, and hlutinu represents one such form of the base noun hlutur.

Etymology and meaning: hlutur derives from Old Norse hlutr, with cognates in other Nordic languages. The modern Icelandic usage covers a range of senses from a concrete object to a component or portion of something. The specific form hlutinu is part of the broader system of inflection that signals how the noun relates to verbs, prepositions, and other elements in a clause.

Usage and function: In ordinary language, hlutur means an object or thing. The form hlutinu is a particular inflected variant used in certain grammatical contexts, especially when the noun is definite and placed in a non-nominative position. The exact case and definiteness that hlutinu encodes depend on the sentence structure and the governing prepositions or verbs. Because Icelandic morphology is intricate, hlauutin can occur alongside other definite forms of hlutur in different syntactic roles.

Relation to related terms: The base noun has plural forms such as hlutir and related compounds like hlutverk (role or function). While hlutinu is one specific form, it sits within a wider paradigm of noun inflection in Icelandic, where endings convey a combination of definiteness and grammatical case.

See also: hlutur, hlutverk, Icelandic grammar, inflection.