belti

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Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse belti, from Proto-Germanic *baltijaz (belt), an early borrowing of Latin balteus (girdle, sword belt), of Etruscan origin. Akin to Old English belt (belt), Old High German balz (belt).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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belti n (genitive singular beltis, plural belti or beltir)

  1. belt

Declension

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n24 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative belti beltið belti(r) beltini
Accusative belti beltið belti(r) beltini
Dative belti belt(i)num beltum beltunum
Genitive beltis beltisins belta beltanna

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse belti, from Proto-Germanic *baltijaz (belt), an early borrowing of Latin balteus (girdle, sword belt), of Etruscan origin. Akin to Old English belt (belt), Old High German balz (belt).

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Noun

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belti n (genitive singular beltis, nominative plural belti)

  1. belt
  2. a girdle
    Synonym: mittisól
  3. a zone
    tímabeltitime zone

Declension

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    Declension of belti
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative belti beltið belti beltin
accusative belti beltið belti beltin
dative belti beltinu beltum beltunum
genitive beltis beltisins belta beltanna

Derived terms

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Maltese

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Etymology

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From belt +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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belti (feminine singular beltija, plural beltin)

  1. municipal, urban (pertaining to city)
  2. Vallettan (of or pertaining to Valletta, the capital of Malta)

Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *baltiją, *baltijaz, from Latin balteus.

Noun

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belti n (genitive beltis)

  1. belt

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: belti
  • Faroese: belti
  • Danish: bælte
  • Norwegian: belte
  • Old Swedish: bælte

References

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  • belti”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press