slóð
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse slóð. Compare English sleuth.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
slóð f (genitive singular slóðar, plural slóðir)
Declension edit
| Declension of slóð | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| f2 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | slóð | slóðin | slóðir | slóðirnar |
| accusative | slóð | slóðina | slóðir | slóðirnar |
| dative | slóð | slóðini | slóðum | slóðunum |
| genitive | slóðar | slóðarinnar | slóða | slóðanna |
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
slóð f (genitive singular slóðar, nominative plural slóðir)
- a trail, a beaten track, a path
- (used in the plural) an area, a region, neck of the woods
- (computing) file path, URL
Declension edit
declension of slóð
Synonyms edit
See also edit
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain, perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *slīdaną (“to slide”). See also English slide, sled, and sledge (sense 2).[1]
Noun edit
slóð f
Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ Walter W[illiam] Skeat (1910) “SLEUTH”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, new (4th) revised and enlarged edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: At the Clarendon Press, published 1963, →OCLC.