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jeppi

jeppi

Icelandic

Noun

jeppi m (genitive singular jeppa, nominative plural jeppar)

  1. a jeep, an SUV
  2. (slang) a showoff, someone obstreperous[2]
  3. (slang) a rookie on a fishing trawler[2][3]

Declension

Derived terms

  • jeppakarl
  • jepplingur
  • slyddujeppi

See also

  • gaur
  • mannkerti
  • montrass
  • láta mikið á sér bera
  • stigbretti
  • uppivöðslusamur

References

  1. On Icelandic
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 A deliberation on the word "jeppi" on the Stofnun Árna Magnússonar í íslenskum fræðum ("Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies")
  3. Orðabók um slangur (Mörður Árnason, Svavar Sigmundsson og Örnólfur Thorsson 1982)