No. 726 in Icelandic
flateyrar
"Flateyrar" is the plural genitive form of "Flateyri," meaning "of Flateyri," a village in Iceland.
In a sentence
Flateyrar bærinn er einstaklega fallegur.
The village of Flateyri is exceptionally beautiful.
The word 'flateyrar' here is in the genitive case used to describe possession or relation.
Ég fór í heimsókn til Flateyrar í sumar.
I visited Flateyri this summer.
'Flateyrar' is the genitive case indicating the direction or destination of 'to Flateyri'.
Á Flateyrarvöllnum spiluðu krakkarnir fótbolta.
On Flateyri's field, the children played football.
Here 'Flateyrar' forms a compound noun emphasizing the association with Flateyri.
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