vestri

See also: Vestri

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛstrɪ/

  Rhymes: -ɛstrɪ

Noun

vestri m (genitive singular vestra, nominative plural vestrar)

1. western (film set in the American West)

Declension

declension of vestri

m-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vestri	vestrinn	vestrar	vestrarnir
accusative	vestra	vestrann	vestra	vestrana
dative	vestra	vestranum	vestrum	vestrunum
genitive	vestra	vestrans	vestra	vestranna

Adjective

vestri (comparative, superlative vestastur)

1. Alternative form of vestari

Inflection

    comparative

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	vestri	vestri	vestra
accusative	vestri	vestri	vestra
dative	vestri	vestri	vestra
genitive	vestri	vestri	vestra
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	vestri	vestri	vestri
accusative	vestri	vestri	vestri
dative	vestri	vestri	vestri
genitive	vestri	vestri	vestri

    superlative (strong declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	vestastur	vestust	vestast
accusative	vestastan	vestasta	vestast
dative	vestustum	vestastri	vestustu
genitive	vestasts	vestastrar	vestasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	vestastir	vestastar	vestust
accusative	vestasta	vestastar	vestust
dative	vestustum	vestustum	vestustum
genitive	vestastra	vestastra	vestastra

    superlative (weak declension)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	vestasti	vestasta	vestasta
accusative	vestasta	vestustu	vestasta
dative	vestasta	vestustu	vestasta
genitive	vestasta	vestustu	vestasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	vestustu	vestustu	vestustu
accusative	vestustu	vestustu	vestustu
dative	vestustu	vestustu	vestustu
genitive	vestustu	vestustu	vestustu

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯es.triː/, [ˈu̯ɛs̠t̪riː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈves.tri/, [ˈvɛst̪ri]

Pronoun

vestrī

1. objective genitive plural of vōs
2. inflection of vester:
   1. genitive masculine/neuter singular
   2. nominative masculine plural

Old Norse

Etymology

Originally a comparative form of the adverb vestr.

Adjective

vestri (superlative vestastr)

1. more westerly

Inflection

    Declension of vestri

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	vestri	vestri	vestra
accusative	vestra	vestri	vestra
dative	vestra	vestri	vestra
genitive	vestra	vestri	vestra
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	vestri	vestri	vestri
accusative	vestri	vestri	vestri
dative	vestrum	vestrum	vestrum
genitive	vestri	vestri	vestri

Coordinate terms

• eystri, nyrðri, syðri

Descendants

• Icelandic: vestri
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vestre

References

• “vestri”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “vestre” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.