kjalta

Icelandic

Alternative forms

• kelta, kjölta

Etymology

From Old Norse kjalta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcʰal̥ta/
• Rhymes: -al̥ta

Noun

kjalta f (genitive singular kjöltu, nominative plural kjöltur)

1. (anatomy) lap

Declension

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

• “kjalta” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Old Norse

Etymology

From or related to Proto-Germanic *kelþaz (“fetus, womb”). Loaned into English as kilt.

Noun

kjalta f (genitive kjǫltu)

1. (anatomy) lap

Declension

  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

• Icelandic: kjalta

References

• “kjalta”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press