ratsjá

Icelandic

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English radar, analyzable as rata (“to find one’s way”) +‎ sjá (“to see”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈraːt.sjauː/

Noun

ratsjá f (genitive singular ratsjár, nominative plural ratsjár)

1. radar device

Declension

declension of ratsjá

f-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ratsjá	ratsjáin	ratsjár	ratsjárnar
accusative	ratsjá	ratsjána	ratsjár	ratsjárnar
dative	ratsjá	ratsjánni	ratsjám	ratsjánum
genitive	ratsjár	ratsjárinnar	ratsjáa	ratsjánna

Synonyms

• (radar device): radar

References

• Sapir, Yair, Zuckermann, Ghil'ad (2008) “Icelandic: Phonosemantic matching”, in Judith Rosenhouse & Rotem Kowner, editors, Globally speaking: Motives for adopting English vocabulary in other languages‎^[1], Clevedon-Buffalo-Toronto: Multilingual Matters, pages 19–43