gletta
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Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse *glenta, *gletta, from Proto-Germanic *glentaną (“to slide; glide”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰlend- (“to shine; sparkle; look”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gletta f (genitive singular glettu, nominative plural glettur)
Declension[edit]
declension of gletta
| f-w1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | gletta | glettan | glettur | gletturnar |
| accusative | glettu | glettuna | glettur | gletturnar |
| dative | glettu | glettunni | glettum | glettunum |
| genitive | glettu | glettunnar | glettna | glettnanna |
Synonyms[edit]
- (prank): hrekkur, grikkur, prakkarastrik, bellibragð
References[edit]
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 1221, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1221
Categories:
- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛhta
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