Rigningin er falleg í kvöld.

to be

Breakdown of Rigningin er falleg í kvöld.

• falleg: beautiful
• í kvöld: tonight
• rigningin: the rain

Questions & Answers about Rigningin er falleg í kvöld.

Why is it rigningin and not just rigning?

Rigning is the basic noun meaning rain (as precipitation).
Rigningin is rigning + -in, where -in is the definite article attached to the end of the word.

So:

• rigning = rain (in general, no article)
• rigningin = the rain

Icelandic usually does not use a separate word like English the. Instead, the definite article is a suffix:

• bók → bókin (book → the book)
• rigning → rigningin (rain → the rain)

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Why is the article attached to the noun instead of a separate word like in English?