Questions & Answers about Trefillinn er mjúkur og hlýr.
Trefillinn means the scarf.
In Icelandic, the definite article (the) is usually not a separate word. Instead, it is added to the end of the noun:
- trefill = scarf
- trefillinn = the scarf
So -inn here is the masculine singular definite article in the nominative case.
You can say Trefill er mjúkur og hlýr, but it changes the feel:
Trefillinn er mjúkur og hlýr.
= The scarf is soft and warm. (a specific scarf the speakers know about)Trefill er mjúkur og hlýr.
= more like A scarf is soft and warm / A scarf (in general) is soft and warm.
In everyday speech, if you are talking about a particular scarf, you normally use the definite form trefillinn.