eista
Faroese edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
eista n (genitive singular eista, plural eistu or eistur)
Declension edit
Declension of eista | ||||
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n1 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | eista | eistað | eistu, eistur | eistuni |
accusative | eista | eistað | eistu, eistur | eistuni |
dative | eista | eistanum | eistum | eistunum |
genitive | eista | eistans | eistna | eistnanna |
See also edit
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse eista. Cognate with Faroese eista and Norwegian Nynorsk eiste.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
eista n (genitive singular eista, nominative plural eistu)
Declension edit
declension of eista
See also edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
eista f (definite singular eista, indefinite plural eister or eistor, definite plural eistene or eistone)
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *aistô.
Noun edit
eista n (genitive eista, plural eistu)
Declension edit
Declension of eista (weak an-stem)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “eista”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press