tækisins

Tækisins is a grammatical form found in Icelandic, functioning as the definite genitive singular of the noun tæki, which means device or tool. The form is used to express possession or a close relationship between the device and another element in a sentence, roughly corresponding to English phrases such as “the device’s” or “of the device.”

Etymology and grammar

Tæki is a neuter noun. Its definite singular nominative form is tækið, and the definite genitive singular is tækisins. The construction signals possession or association, and it appears in contexts where the speaker refers to something owned or intimately connected to a specific device. As with other Icelandic genitive forms, the usage of tækisins tends to occur in more formal or written language, and it complements or alternates with prepositional phrases like af tækinu (of the device) in certain dialects or styles.

Usage and notes

In modern Icelandic, tækisins can be used to indicate possession in phrases describing the device’s characteristics, capabilities, or ownership. The form is one component of a broader system for marking definiteness and possession on nouns, and its applicability depends on the syntactic construction and register of the text. Learners of Icelandic are typically advised to recognize that tækisins signals a close relationship to tæki and to choose the definite genitive form when the noun is definite and the relationship is possessive or closely attributional.

See also

Icelandic grammar, noun declension, genitive case.