kjalta

Icelandic

Alternative forms

• kelta, kjölta

Etymology

From Old Norse kjalta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcʰal̥ta/
• Rhymes: -al̥ta

Noun

kjalta f (genitive singular kjöltu, nominative plural kjöltur)

1. (anatomy) lap

Declension

Declension of kjalta (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kjalta	kjaltan	kjöltur	kjölturnar
accusative	kjöltu	kjöltuna	kjöltur	kjölturnar
dative	kjöltu	kjöltunni	kjöltum	kjöltunum
genitive	kjöltu	kjöltunnar	kjaltna, kjalta	kjaltnanna, kjaltanna

Further reading

• “kjalta” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Old Norse

Etymology

From or related to Proto-Germanic *kelþaz (“fetus, womb”). Loaned into English as kilt.

Noun

kjalta f (genitive kjǫltu)

1. (anatomy) lap

Declension

Declension of kjalta (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kjalta	kjaltan	kjǫltur	kjǫlturnar
accusative	kjǫltu	kjǫltuna	kjǫltur	kjǫlturnar
dative	kjǫltu	kjǫltunni	kjǫltum	kjǫltunum
genitive	kjǫltu	kjǫltunnar	kjaltna	kjaltnanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: kjalta

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “kjalta”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive