kjalta
Icelandic edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kjalta f (genitive singular kjöltu, nominative plural kjöltur)
Declension edit
declension of kjalta
| f-w1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | kjalta | kjaltan | kjöltur | kjölturnar |
| accusative | kjöltu | kjöltuna | kjöltur | kjölturnar |
| dative | kjöltu | kjöltunni | kjöltum | kjöltunum |
| genitive | kjöltu | kjöltunnar | kjalta | kjaltanna |
Further reading edit
- “kjalta” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From or related to Proto-Germanic *kelþaz (“fetus, womb”). Loaned into English as kilt.
Noun edit
kjalta f (genitive kjǫltu)
Declension edit
Declension of kjalta (weak ōn-stem)
| feminine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | kjalta | kjaltan | kjǫltur | kjǫlturnar |
| accusative | kjǫltu | kjǫltuna | kjǫltur | kjǫlturnar |
| dative | kjǫltu | kjǫltunni | kjǫltum | kjǫltunum |
| genitive | kjǫltu | kjǫltunnar | kjaltna | kjaltnanna |
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: kjalta
References edit
- “kjalta”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press