systir

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse systir, from Proto-Norse ᛊᚹᛖᛊᛏᚨᚱ (swestar), from Proto-Germanic *swestēr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr (“sister”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪstɪɹ/

Noun

systir f (genitive singular systur, plural systrar)

1. sister

Declension

Declension of systir
f31	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	systir	systirin	systrar	systrarnar
accusative	systur	systrina	systrar	systrarnar
dative	systur	systrini	systrum	systrunum
genitive	systur	systurinnar	systra	systranna

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse systir, from Proto-Norse ᛊᚹᛖᛊᛏᚨᚱ (swestar), from Proto-Germanic *swestēr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪstɪr/

  Rhymes: -ɪstɪr

Noun

systir f (genitive singular systur, nominative plural systur)

1. a sister

Declension

declension of systir

systir	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	systir	systirin	systur	systurnar
accusative	systur	systurina	systur	systurnar
dative	systur	systurinni	systrum	systrunum
genitive	systur	systurinnar	systra	systranna

Derived terms

• föðursystir
• hálfsystir
• móðursystir
• stjúpsystir
• systurdóttir
• systursonur

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Middle English

Noun

systir

1. Alternative form of suster

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Norse ᛊᚹᛖᛊᛏᚨᚱ (swestar), from Proto-Germanic *swestēr, from Proto-Indo-European *swésōr (“sister”). Compare Old Saxon swestar, English sweoster, Old High German swester.

Noun

systir f (genitive systur, plural systr)

1. sister

Declension

  Declension of systir (strong r-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	systir	systirin	systr	systrnar
accusative	systur	systurina	systr	systrnar
dative	systur	systurinni	systrum	systrunum
genitive	systur	systurinnar	systra	systranna

Descendants

• Danish: søster
• English: sister (in part)
• Faroese: systir
• Icelandic: systir

• Norwegian Bokmål: søster
• Norwegian Nynorsk: syster, søster
• Swedish: syster

References

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

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Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse systir, from Proto-Germanic *swestēr.

Noun

systir f

1. sister

Declension

Declension of systir (r-stem)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	systir	systirin	syster	systrina(r), -rena(r)
accusative	systur, -or	systurina, -orena	syster	systrina(r), -rena(r)
dative	systur, -or	systurinni, -orinne	systrum, -rom	systrumin, -romen
genitive	systur, -or	systurinna(r), -orinna(r)	systra	systranna

Descendants

• Swedish: syster