meistari

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse meistari, from Middle Low German meister, mēster, from Old Saxon mēstar, from Old French maistre, from Latin magister.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmaiʃtaɹɪ]

Noun

meistari m (genitive singular meistara, plural meistarar)

1. master, foreman, master craftsman
2. master practitioner, prof
3. (sports) champion
4. (biblical) teacher

Declension

Declension of meistari
m1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	meistari	meistarin	meistarar	meistararnir
accusative	meistara	meistaran	meistarar	meistararnar
dative	meistara	meistaranum	meistarum	meistarunum
genitive	meistara	meistarans	meistara	meistaranna

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse meistari, from Middle Low German meister, mēster, from Old Saxon mēstar, from Old French maistre, from Latin magister.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeistaːrɪ/

  Rhymes: -eistaːrɪ

Noun

meistari m (genitive singular meistara, nominative plural meistarar)

1. master

See also

• meistaraverk
• æfingin skapar meistarann

Ingrian

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmei̯stɑri/, [ˈme̞i̯s̠tərʲ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmei̯stɑri/, [ˈme̞i̯ʃtɑri]
• Rhymes: -ei̯stɑrʲ, -ei̯stɑri
• Hyphenation: meis‧ta‧ri

Noun

meistari

1. Alternative form of meisteri

Declension

Declension of meistari (type 5/vahti, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	meistari	meistarit
genitive	meistarin	meistariin, meistariloin
partitive	meistaria	meistarija, meistariloja
illative	meistarii	meistarii, meistariloihe
inessive	meistariis	meistariis, meistarilois
elative	meistarist	meistariist, meistariloist
allative	meistarille	meistariille, meistariloille
adessive	meistariil	meistariil, meistariloil
ablative	meistarilt	meistariilt, meistariloilt
translative	meistariks	meistariiks, meistariloiks
essive	meistarinna, meistariin	meistariinna, meistariloinna, meistariin, meistariloin
exessive1)	meistarint	meistariint, meistariloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 304