flottur
Appearance
See also: fløttur
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Akin to Danish flot (“nice, pleasant, cool”), both borrowed from Low German vlot. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *fleutaną (“to stream, float”). See also German flott (“stylish, charming”).[1]
Adjective
[edit]flottur (comparative flottari, superlative flottastur)
Declension
[edit] positive (strong declension)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | flottur | flott | flott |
accusative | flottan | flotta | flott |
dative | flottum | flottri | flottu |
genitive | flotts | flottrar | flotts |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | flottir | flottar | flott |
accusative | flotta | flottar | flott |
dative | flottum | flottum | flottum |
genitive | flottra | flottra | flottra |
positive (weak declension)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | flotti | flotta | flotta |
accusative | flotta | flottu | flotta |
dative | flotta | flottu | flotta |
genitive | flotta | flottu | flotta |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | flottu | flottu | flottu |
accusative | flottu | flottu | flottu |
dative | flottu | flottu | flottu |
genitive | flottu | flottu | flottu |
comparative
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | flottari | flottari | flottara |
accusative | flottari | flottari | flottara |
dative | flottari | flottari | flottara |
genitive | flottari | flottari | flottara |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | flottari | flottari | flottari |
accusative | flottari | flottari | flottari |
dative | flottari | flottari | flottari |
genitive | flottari | flottari | flottari |
superlative (strong declension)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | flottastur | flottust | flottast |
accusative | flottastan | flottasta | flottast |
dative | flottustum | flottastri | flottustu |
genitive | flottasts | flottastrar | flottasts |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | flottastir | flottastar | flottust |
accusative | flottasta | flottastar | flottust |
dative | flottustum | flottustum | flottustum |
genitive | flottastra | flottastra | flottastra |
superlative (weak declension)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | flottasti | flottasta | flottasta |
accusative | flottasta | flottustu | flottasta |
dative | flottasta | flottustu | flottasta |
genitive | flottasta | flottustu | flottasta |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | flottustu | flottustu | flottustu |
accusative | flottustu | flottustu | flottustu |
dative | flottustu | flottustu | flottustu |
genitive | flottustu | flottustu | flottustu |
References
[edit]- ^ “flot” in Den Danske Ordbog
Further reading
[edit]- “flottur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)