möguleikans

Möguleikans is the genitive singular form of the Icelandic noun möguleiki, meaning "the possibility" or "the potential." In Icelandic, the genitive case is used to indicate possession, relation, or attributes of a noun, so möguleikans translates as "of the possibility" or "the possibility's." The base noun möguleiki is masculine and common in everyday language as well as in academic contexts. The definite singular form is möguleikinn; the genitive singular is möguleikans; the plural is möguleikarnir, and the genitive plural is möguleikanna.

Usage: The genitive form appears in phrases that discuss being subject to or related to a possibility. It is most common in formal writing. Examples of collocations include "möguleikans takmörk" (the limits of the possibility) and "áhrif möguleikans á ákvarðanir" (the effects of the possibility on decisions).

Etymology: The word derives from möguleiki "possibility" with the definite article -inn; the genitive is formed by -s, yielding möguleikans.

See also: möguleiki, möguleikinn.