raketta

See also: rakéta

Icelandic

A round of skyrockets soon to be lit.

Etymology

Compare the Hungarian term rakéta, from the German Rakete (“rocket”), from the Italian rocchetta, diminutive form of rocca (“distaff”).

Noun

raketta f (genitive singular rakettu, nominative plural rakettur)

1. (type of firework) a skyrocket

   Synonym: flugeldur

2. a rocket

   Synonym: eldflaug

Declension

Declension of raketta (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	raketta	rakettan	rakettur	raketturnar
accusative	rakettu	rakettuna	rakettur	raketturnar
dative	rakettu	rakettunni	rakettum	rakettunum
genitive	rakettu	rakettunnar	raketta	rakettanna