ketta
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse ketta. See also køttur.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ketta f (genitive singular kettu, plural kettur)
Declension edit
| Declension of ketta | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| f1 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | ketta | kettan | kettur | ketturnar |
| accusative | kettu | kettuna | kettur | ketturnar |
| dative | kettu | kettuni | kettum | kettunum |
| genitive | kettu | kettunnar | ketta | kettanna |
Synonyms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ Árnason, Kristján (2011) The Phonology of Icelandic and Faroese (The Phonology of the World's Languages), Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 116
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *kattijǭ, *kattǭ (“female cat”).
Noun edit
ketta f (genitive kettu)
Declension edit
Declension of ketta (weak ōn-stem)
Coordinate terms edit
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: ketta
- Faroese: ketta
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kjette, kjetta
- Norwegian Bokmål: kjette
- Old Swedish: kætta
- Swedish: katta
References edit
- “ketta”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press