vetur
Appearance
Faroese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse vetr (“winter, year”), from Proto-Germanic *wintruz.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]vetur m (genitive singular vetrar, plural vetrar)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | vetur | veturin | vetrar | vetrarnir |
accusative | vetur | veturin | vetrar | vetrarnar |
dative | vetri | vetrinum | vetrum | vetrunum |
genitive | vetrar | vetrarins | vetra | vetranna |
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse vetr (“winter, year”), from Proto-Germanic *wintruz.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]vetur m (genitive singular vetrar or (proscribed) vetur, nominative plural vetur or (proscribed) vetrar) or
(regional) vetur n (genitive singular (regional) veturs, nominative plural (regional) vetur) or
(proscribed) vetur f pl (plural only, genitive plural (proscribed) vetra)
- winter, wintertime
- Veturinn er loksins kominn!
- Winter has finally arrived!
- Vetur er í nánd
- Winter is close.
- year (counting age)
- Barnið er fimm vetra gamalt.
- The child is five years old.
Usage notes
[edit]- The potential inflection of vetur varies widely:
- Regionally, the neuter is used. Compare the neuter sumrin.
- There are multiple proscribed forms of the masculine inflection, including a null-ending genitive singular and nominative/accusative plural forms ending in -a(r); forms with stem contraction in the definite are also proscribed.
- There is also a proscribed plural-only feminine declension, owing to the null-ending of the plural. This phenomenon also takes place among other similar masculines, especially with fótur, regionally with fjörður, with fingur, faðir, bróðir and to a lesser extent to nouns ending in -andi or -jandi.
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | vetur | veturinn | vetur, vetrar1 | veturnir, vetrarnir1 |
accusative | vetur | veturinn, vetrinn1 | vetur, vetra1 | veturna, vetrana1 |
dative | vetri | vetrinum | vetrum | vetrunum |
genitive | vetrar, vetur1 | vetrarins, vetrins1, veturins1 | vetra | vetranna |
1Proscribed.
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | vetur1 | vetrið1 | vetur1 | vetrin1 |
accusative | vetur1 | vetrið1 | vetur1 | vetrin1 |
dative | vetri1 | vetrinu1 | vetrum1 | vetrunum1 |
genitive | veturs1 | vetursins1 | vetra1 | vetranna1 |
1Regional.
plural | ||
---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | vetur1 | veturnar1 |
accusative | vetur1 | veturnar1 |
dative | vetrum1 | vetrunum1 |
genitive | vetra1 | vetranna1 |
1Proscribed.
Derived terms
[edit]- á veturna, á vetrin (“in winter, in the winter”)
- fimbulvetur
- í vetur (“this winter”)
- í vetur sem leið (“last winter”)
- vetrarbraut (“winter road, Milky Way, Galaxy”)
See also
[edit]Seasons in Icelandic · árstíðir (layout · text) · category | |||
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vor (“spring”) | sumar (“summer”) | haust (“autumn”) | vetur (“winter”) |
References
[edit]- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
- Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “vetur”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
- Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
- “vetur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
- “vetur”, in Ritmálssafn Orðabókar Háskólans [The Written Collection of the Lexicological Institute] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, (Can we date this quote?)
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