öryrki

Icelandic

Etymology

From ör- (“minuscule”) +‎ yrkja (“to cultivate land”), the latter being related to verk (“task”), compare einyrki (“someone who works alone”).

Noun

öryrki m (genitive singular öryrkja, nominative plural öryrkjar)

  1. someone whose disability prevents them from working a full-time job, a disabled person, an invalid
  • örorka (“a disability that prevents someone from working”)
  • örorkubætur (“disability compensation”)
  • örorkumat (“a disability evaluation”)
  • örorkulífeyrir (“disability support pension”)
  • starfsgeta (“work ability score”)
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