heimili
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse heimili (“home”), a formation related to heimr (“realm, region”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]heimili n (genitive singular heimilis, nominative plural heimili)
Declension
[edit]Declension of heimili (neuter)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | heimili | heimilið | heimili | heimilin |
| accusative | heimili | heimilið | heimili | heimilin |
| dative | heimili | heimilinu | heimilum | heimilunum |
| genitive | heimilis | heimilisins | heimila | heimilanna |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ de Vries, Jan (1977) “heimili”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary][1] (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill, page 219
Further reading
[edit]- “heimili” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)