LED-peran er ný, svo ég kveiki á lampanum.

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Breakdown of LED-peran er ný, svo ég kveiki á lampanum.

• vera: to be
• nýr: new
• svo: so

Questions & Answers about LED-peran er ný, svo ég kveiki á lampanum.

What does LED-peran consist of, and why is there a hyphen?

LED-peran is a compound-like form made from:

• LED (an initialism, treated as an indeclinable “foreign” element)
• pera = bulb
• -n = the definite article suffix attached to the noun (so peran = the bulb)

The hyphen is commonly used when you attach Icelandic endings to an abbreviation/initialism like LED, GPS, USB, etc., to make the boundaries clear: LED-pera, LED-peran, etc.

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Why is it peran and not some separate word for the?

In Icelandic, the is usually expressed as a suffix on the noun, not a separate word.

• pera = a bulb
• peran = the bulb

So LED-peran literally works like the LED bulb, but the definiteness is carried by -n on pera.

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What case is LED-peran in here, and how can I tell?