umhverfi

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From umhvarf n (“circumference”) +‎ -i n (nominal suffix). By surface analysis, um (“around”) +‎ hverfi (“neighbourhood”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʏmˌkʰvɛrvɪ/ === Noun === umhverfi n (genitive singular umhverfis, no plural) environment (the natural world or ecosystem) environment, surroundings, environs (the human world, people, human-built systems, and the conditions they create) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “umhverfis”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN, page 1085 (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.) Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2026), “umhverfi”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies “umhverfi” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages) “umhverfi”, in Íðorðabanki [Terminology Bank] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, 2002–2024 “umhverfi”, in Ritmálssafn Orðabókar Háskólans [The Written Collection of the Lexicological Institute] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies