neitunarháttur

Icelandic

Etymology

From neitun (“refusal, negation”) +‎ háttur (“mood, custom”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈneiːtʏnarˌhauhtʏr/

Noun
Examples (logic: denial of consequent by denial of antecedent)
  1. I always cry at weddings.
  2. I didn't cry.
  3. Therefore, I am not at a wedding.

neitunarháttur m (genitive singular neitunarháttar, nominative plural neitunarhættir)

  1. (philosophy, logic) modus tollens; (a valid form of argument in which the consequent of a conditional proposition is denied; entailing the denial of the consequent):
    1. If P, then Q.
    2. Not Q.
    3. Therefore, not P.

Declension
declension of neitunarháttur
m-s3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative neitunarháttur neitunarhátturinn neitunarhættir neitunarhættirnir
accusative neitunarhátt neitunarháttinn neitunarhætti neitunarhættina
dative neitunarhætti neitunarhættinum neitunarháttum neitunarháttunum
genitive neitunarháttar neitunarháttarins neitunarhátta neitunarháttanna
  • aðskilnaðarregla, aðskilnaðarháttur (modus ponens)
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