Eystrasaltsland
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Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Eystrasalt (“Baltic sea”) + land (“country”). Eystrasalt means “Eastern ocean”; salt is here a poetic reference to an ocan.
Noun
[edit]Eystrasaltsland n
Usage notes
[edit]Usually always in the plural with a definite article: Eystrasaltslöndin (“the Baltic states”).
Declension
[edit]declension of Eystrasaltsland
| n-s | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | Eystrasaltsland | Eystrasaltslandið | Eystrasaltslönd | Eystrasaltslöndin |
| accusative | Eystrasaltsland | Eystrasaltslandið | Eystrasaltslönd | Eystrasaltslöndin |
| dative | Eystrasaltslandi | Eystrasaltslandinu | Eystrasaltslöndum | Eystrasaltslöndunum |
| genitive | Eystrasaltslands | Eystrasaltslandsins | Eystrasaltslanda | Eystrasaltslandanna |