systir
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse systir, from Proto-Norse ᛊᚹᛖᛊᛏᚨᚱ (swestar), from Proto-Germanic *swestēr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr (“sister”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
systir f (genitive singular systur, plural systrar)
Declension edit
Declension of systir | ||||
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f31 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | systir | systirin | systrar | systrarnar |
accusative | systur | systrina | systrar | systrarnar |
dative | systur | systrini | systrum | systrunum |
genitive | systur | systurinnar | systra | systranna |
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse systir, from Proto-Norse ᛊᚹᛖᛊᛏᚨᚱ (swestar), from Proto-Germanic *swestēr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
systir f (genitive singular systur, nominative plural systur)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Middle English edit
Noun edit
systir
- Alternative form of suster
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Norse ᛊᚹᛖᛊᛏᚨᚱ (swestar), from Proto-Germanic *swestēr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr (“sister”). Compare Old Saxon swestar, Old English sweoster, Old High German swester, Gothic 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐍂 (swistar).
Noun edit
systir f (genitive systur, plural systr)
Declension edit
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: systir
- Faroese: systir
- Norwegian Bokmål: søster
- Norwegian Nynorsk: syster
- Old Swedish: systir
- Swedish: syster
- Danish: søster
- Old Gutnish: systir
- Gutnish: systar
References edit
- “systir”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Old Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse systir, from Proto-Norse ᛊᚹᛖᛊᛏᚨᚱ (swestar), from Proto-Germanic *swestēr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr (“sister”).
Noun edit
systir f
Declension edit
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | systir | systirin | syster | systrina(r), -rena(r) |
accusative | systur, -or | systurina, -orena | syster | systrina(r), -rena(r) |
dative | systur, -or | systurinni, -orinne | systrum, -rom | systrumin, -romen |
genitive | systur, -or | systurinna(r), -orinna(r) | systra | systranna |
Descendants edit
- Swedish: syster