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neisti

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Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse gneisti, from Proto-Germanic *gahnaistô (“spark”), from Proto-Germanic *ga- + Proto-Germanic *hnaistô (“spark”), perhaps from the ultimate (imitative) source of German knistern (“to crackle”).[1]

Noun

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neisti m (genitive singular neista, plural neistar)

  1. spark (of fire)
  2. very small lamb

Declension

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m1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative neisti neistin neistar neistarnir
accusative neista neistan neistar neistarnar
dative neista neistanum neistum neistunum
genitive neista neistans neista neistanna

Further reading

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  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “gnaistan”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 183
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