kvennkyn
Faroese
editEtymology
editkvinna (“woman”) + kyn (“gender”)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkvennkyn n (genitive singular kvennkyns, uncountable)
Declension
editn22-s | singular | |
---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | kvennkyn | kvennkynið |
accusative | kvennkyn | kvennkynið |
dative | kvennkyni | kvennkyninum |
genitive | kvennkyns | kvennkynsins |
Old Norse
editEtymology
editNoun
editkvennkyn n
Declension
editneuter | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | kvennkyn | kvennkynit | kvennkyn | kvennkynin |
accusative | kvennkyn | kvennkynit | kvennkyn | kvennkynin |
dative | kvennkyni | kvennkyninu | kvennkynjum | kvennkynjunum |
genitive | kvennkyns | kvennkynsins | kvennkynja | kvennkynjanna |
Coordinate terms
edit- karlkyn n (“the male sex”)
Further reading
edit- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “kvennkyn”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive