þjónusta

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse þjónusta, þjónasta, from Proto-Germanic *þewanōstaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθjouːnʏsta/

Noun

þjónusta f (genitive singular þjónustu, nominative plural þjónustur)

1. (uncountable) a service
2. (countable, dated) a maid (female servant)

Synonyms

• (service): afgreiðsla
• (maid): þjónustustúlka

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• þénasta (borrowed from a West Germanic language)
• þjónasta, þjónosta

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þewanōstaz, made from *þewanōną, whence Old Norse þjóna.

Noun

þjónusta f

1. service
2. divine service
3. the eucharist

Declension

  Declension of þjónusta (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	þjónusta	þjónustan	þjónustur	þjónusturnar
accusative	þjónustu	þjónustuna	þjónustur	þjónusturnar
dative	þjónustu	þjónustunni	þjónustum	þjónustunum
genitive	þjónustu	þjónustunnar	þjónustna	þjónustnanna

Derived terms

• þjónostubundinn (“bound in service or allegiance”)
• þjónostuembætti n (“divine service”)
• þjónostufolk n (“servant-folk”)
• þjónostufullr (“serviceable, ready to serve”)
• þjónostugjǫld n pl (“wages for service”)
• þjónostugørð f (“divine service”)
• þjónostukona f (“female service”)
• þjónostulauss (“without sacrament; without divine service”)
• þjónostumaðr m (“man-servant”)
• þjónostumjúkr (“officious, obliging”)
• þjónostumær f (“maid servant”)
• þjónostusamr (“ready to serve”)
• þjónostusemd f (“readiness to serve”)
• þjónostuskyldr (“in duty bound”)
• þjónostusveinn m (“page, male servant”)
• þjónostutekja f (“taking of the sacrament”)
• þjónostuverk n (“performance of service”)

 

Descendants

Also descendants of þénasta.

• Icelandic: þjónusta
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tenest, teneste
• Old Swedish: þiænist
  • Swedish: tjänst c
• Danish: tjeneste c
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: tjeneste m

References

• þjónusta in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.