líkamlegri

Líkamlegri is an inflected form of the Icelandic adjective líkamlegur, which means bodily or physical. The term is used to describe aspects related to the body, in contrast to mental, emotional, or spiritual aspects. As an inflected adjective, líkamlegur describes a noun and agrees with it in gender, number, and case. The form líkamlegri specifically represents the feminine singular dative case.

In Icelandic, adjectives decline by gender (masculine, feminine, neuter), number (singular, plural), and case (nominative, accusative, dative, genitive). The feminine singular dative form of líkamlegur is líkamlegri. Other common forms include líkamlegur (masculine nominative), líkamleg (feminine nominative), and líkamlegt (neuter nominative). The adjective also takes corresponding inflections in other cases and numbers when used with different nouns.

Etymology: líkamlegur is formed from the stem líkam- meaning body, combined with the suffix -legur, which denotes “pertaining to” or “relating to.” Thus, líkamlegur conveys the sense of something pertaining to the body. The related noun forms and other derivatives are found in standard Icelandic dictionaries and grammatical references.

Usage: líkamlegri appears in formal or descriptive Icelandic writing, especially in medical, scientific, or academic contexts where physical aspects are being distinguished from mental or emotional ones. It is one of several body-related adjectives in Icelandic and illustrates the language’s system of gendered, case-marked agreement.