trúarlegar

trúarlegar is an Icelandic adjective meaning religious, used to describe things related to religion or faith. It is formed from the noun trú (faith, religion) with a standard adjectival ending. In Icelandic, adjectives agree with the gender and number of the noun they modify, and trúarlegar is the feminine plural form.

The form trúarlegar is commonly found before feminine plural nouns, for example in phrases such as trúarlegar siðir (religious customs), trúarlegar skoðanir (religious opinions), trúarlegar hefðir (religious traditions), and trúarlegar samkomur (religious gatherings). It can describe a wide range of religious phenomena, including beliefs, practices, institutions, events, and discourse.

In context, trúarlegar is typically contrasted with secular terms and used in academic, media, and everyday language to discuss religion without implying value judgments. The corresponding masculine and neuter forms are trúarlegir and trúarlegt, used with masculine and neuter nouns respectively, which reflects Icelandic gendered adjective agreement.

Etymologically, trúarlegar derives from trú, meaning faith or religion, combined with a common Icelandic adjectival ending to indicate a characteristic. The word is part of a broader family used to characterize aspects of religious life, belief systems, and cultural practices in Icelandic discourse.

See also: trú, trúarbrögð, trúarlegt, trúarlegur.