níræður

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse nírœðr. By surface analysis, ní- (“nine”) +‎ -ræður (denoting quantity, age). === Adjective === níræður (not comparable) ninety years old; ninety, nonagenarian ninety fathoms tall/deep/long/across/etc. (which is ninety of a unit) ==== Usage notes ==== Also used as a noun in the neuter singular, e.g. vera um nírætt (“be about ninety”), hafa tvo um nírætt (“be ninety-two”). ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== nítugur ==== Related terms ==== ræður sjöræður áttræður tíræður tólfræður ==== See also ==== tugur tvítugur þrítugur fertugur fimmtugur sextugur sjötugur nítugur ==== References ==== Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “níræður”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.) Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2026), “níræður”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies Mörður Árnason (2019), Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið “níræður” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages) “níræður”, in Íðorðabanki [Terminology Bank] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, 2002–2024