gletta
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse *glenta, *gletta, from Proto-Germanic *glentaną (“to slide; glide”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰlend- (“to shine; sparkle; look”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gletta f (genitive singular glettu, nominative plural glettur)
- prank
- Synonyms: hrekkur, grikkur, prakkarastrik, bellibragð
Declension
[edit]Declension of gletta (feminine)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | gletta | glettan | glettur | gletturnar |
| accusative | glettu | glettuna | glettur | gletturnar |
| dative | glettu | glettunni | glettum | glettunum |
| genitive | glettu | glettunnar | glettna | glettnanna |
References
[edit]- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1221”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1221
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- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Icelandic 2-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛhta
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛhta/2 syllables
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic feminine nouns