kasheitur
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From nautical lexicon, from kas- (“heap [of fish]”) + heitur (“hot”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]kasheitur (not comparable)
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{{rfdef}}.- 1950 Sjómannablaðið Víkingur ("the Fisherman Newspaper Viking")[2]
- Alltaf lagði sama væmna rotnunarþefinn upp úr kasheitum skipunum.
- Always the same cloying smell of decay emanated from the [heap-hot] ships.
- 1950 Sjómannablaðið Víkingur ("the Fisherman Newspaper Viking")[2]
Declension
[edit]positive forms of kasheitur
| strong declension (indefinite) |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kasheitur | kasheit | kasheitt | |
| accusative | kasheitan | kasheita | ||
| dative | kasheitum | kasheitri | kasheitu | |
| genitive | kasheits | kasheitrar | kasheits | |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | kasheitir | kasheitar | kasheit | |
| accusative | kasheita | |||
| dative | kasheitum | |||
| genitive | kasheitra | |||
| weak declension (definite) |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | kasheiti | kasheita | kasheita | |
| acc/dat/gen | kasheita | kasheitu | ||
| plural (all-case) | kasheitu | |||
References
[edit]- ^ Icelandic Web of Science: Hvað er þetta 'kas' þegar konur eru kasólettar? (“What does the kas in kasólettur mean?”)
- ^ http://www2.lexis.hi.is/cgi-bin/ritmal/leitord.cgi?adg=daemi&n=688603&s=300195&l=kasheitur