mögulegs

Mögulegs is an Icelandic grammatical form. It is the genitive singular form of the adjective mögulegur, which means “possible” or “feasible.” In Icelandic, adjectives decline to agree with the nouns they modify in gender, number, and case. The genitive singular form is used when the noun it describes is in the genitive case.

In practice, the exact genitive endings for adjectives depend on the noun’s gender. For masculine and neuter nouns in genitive singular, mögulegs is the common form. Feminine nouns in genitive singular typically take a different ending, such as mögulegrar, reflecting the broader rules of Icelandic adjective declension. The form mögulegs thus marks possession, association, or attribution within a noun phrase in the genitive.

Usage of mögulegs tends to be found in more formal or written Icelandic, including legal, academic, or technical texts, where precise expression of the relationship between two nouns is required. It can appear in phrases describing quantity, possibility, or feasibility in a genitive construction, for example in contexts like “mögulegs kostnaðar” (of possible cost) or similar formations, depending on the gender of the head noun.

Etymology and related forms: mögulegur is the base adjective and has cognates in other Nordic languages, reflecting a common Germanic heritage for words related to possibility and feasibility. Related Icelandic forms include other declined variants of mögulegur as dictated by gender, number, and case.

See also: mögulegur, Icelandic grammar, genitive case.