ratsjá
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
Phono-semantic matching of English radar, analyzable as rata (“to find one’s way”) + sjá (“to see”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ratsjá f (genitive singular ratsjár, nominative plural ratsjár)
- radar device
Declension edit
declension of ratsjá
| f-s1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | ratsjá | ratsjáin | ratsjár | ratsjárnar |
| accusative | ratsjá | ratsjána | ratsjár | ratsjárnar |
| dative | ratsjá | ratsjánni | ratsjám | ratsjánum |
| genitive | ratsjár | ratsjárinnar | ratsjáa | ratsjánna |
Synonyms edit
- (radar device): radar
References edit
- Sapir, Yair, Zuckermann, Ghil'ad (2008) “Icelandic: Phonosemantic matching”, in Judith Rosenhouse & Rotem Kowner, editors, Globally speaking: Motives for adopting English vocabulary in other languages[1], Clevedon-Buffalo-Toronto: Multilingual Matters, pages 19–43