No. 96 in Icelandic
sveitarfélaga
A municipality or local authority.
In a sentence
Sveitarfélagið styður umhverfisvernd.
The municipality supports environmental protection.
Here, 'sveitarfélagið' refers to a specific municipality entity as the subject of the sentence.
Ég sótti fjármagn til sveitarfélaga fyrir verkefnið.
I acquired funds from municipalities for the project.
Here, 'sveitarfélaga' is the plural form in the genitive case, indicating the source of the funds.
Frá sveitarfélögunum koma góðar hugmyndir.
From the municipalities come good ideas.
Here, 'sveitarfélögunum' is in the locative case, indicating ideas coming from multiple municipalities.
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