geymsla
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]geyma (“to store, keep”) + -sla (“nominal suffix”).[1]
Noun
[edit]geymsla f (genitive singular geymslu, nominative plural geymslur)
- storage
- Synonyms: gæsla, varðveisla
- storage room
- Synonym: geymslustaður
Declension
[edit]Declension of geymsla (feminine)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | geymsla | geymslan | geymslur | geymslurnar |
| accusative | geymslu | geymsluna | geymslur | geymslurnar |
| dative | geymslu | geymslunni | geymslum | geymslunum |
| genitive | geymslu | geymslunnar | geymslna | geymslnanna |
Derived terms
[edit]- geymsluaðferð
- geymslubragð
- geymslugreiðsla
- geymsluhólf
- geymsluhúsnæði
- geymsluloft
- geymslupláss
- geymslurými
- geymsluskúr
- geymslustaður
- geymsluþol
References
[edit]- ^ Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) “geymsla”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
Further reading
[edit]- “geymsla” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)