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This template is used for the headword line of Icelandic nouns.

Parameters

 * Overrides the headword, if necessary. See.
 * Overrides the headword, if necessary. See.


 * The gender. Can be,   or  . For plurale tantum nouns, use  ,   or.
 * The gender. Can be,   or  . For plurale tantum nouns, use  ,   or.


 * ,  etc.
 * Additional genders, if any.


 * The genitive singular form, if known. This is ignored for plurale tantum nouns.
 * The genitive singular form, if known. This is ignored for plurale tantum nouns.


 * ,  etc.
 * Additional genitive singular forms, if any.


 * The nominative plural form, if known. This is ignored for plurale tantum nouns. Use  if the noun has no plural (uncountable).
 * The nominative plural form, if known. This is ignored for plurale tantum nouns. Use  if the noun has no plural (uncountable).


 * ,  etc.
 * Additional nominative plural forms, if any.

Usage
To find a declension of a noun, please see Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls (“Description of Inflection of Modern Icelandic”): Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls.


 * Gender:
 * m for karlkynsnafnorð (“masculine noun”), f for kvenkynsnafnorð (“feminine noun”) and n for hvorugkynsnafnorð (“neuter noun”)
 * Genitive singular form:
 * Eintala Ef. án greinis
 * Nominative plural form:
 * Fleirtala Nf. án greinis

So the entry for hestur should be as follows:



Normal
On :



No plural
On, if the plural is unknown:



If it's known that the noun has no plural:



Plurale tantum
Nouns that have no singular form such as :



Many different forms
The word has three different forms in the genitive singular and two different form in the nominative plural, its entry should be: