stöðugrar

Stöðugrar is an inflected form of the Icelandic adjective stöðugur, which translates as stable, steady, or constant. The base meaning centers on reliability, continuity, and lack of change. In Icelandic, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in gender, number, and case, producing a range of endings. The form stöðugrar appears in contexts dictated by grammatical case and the noun it relates to; it is not a separate lexical item, but a grammatical variant of the same adjective.

Etymology and meaning: stöðugur derives from the root stöð-, associated with position, standing, or steadiness, and is connected to the noun stöðugleiki, meaning stability. The word is used across domains—linguistics, economics, politics, science—where stability or constancy is described.

Usage: As a declined form, stöðugrar is encountered in written and spoken Icelandic wherever the syntax requires that particular case ending for an adjective describing a noun. Because Icelandic adjectives have multiple inflected forms, the same stem stöðug- yields several endings (for example, in different gender-number-case combinations), with stöðugrar serving as one of those possibilities.

See also: stöðugur, stöðugleiki, stability.

Note: The article focuses on the grammatical role of stöðugrar as a form of stöðugur rather than treating it as an independent term or concept.