ratsjá

Icelandic

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English radar, analyzable as rata (“to find one’s way”) +‎ sjá (“to see”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈraːt.sjauː/

Noun

ratsjá f (genitive singular ratsjár, nominative plural ratsjár)

1. radar device

   Synonym: radar

Declension

Declension of ratsjá (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ratsjá	ratsjáin	ratsjár	ratsjárnar
accusative	ratsjá	ratsjána	ratsjár	ratsjárnar
dative	ratsjá	ratsjánni	ratsjám	ratsjánum
genitive	ratsjár	ratsjárinnar	ratsjáa	ratsjánna

References

• Sapir, Yair, Zuckermann, Ghil'ad (2008) “Icelandic: Phonosemantic matching”, in Judith Rosenhouse & Rotem Kowner, editors, Globally speaking: Motives for adopting English vocabulary in other languages‎^[1], Clevedon-Buffalo-Toronto: Multilingual Matters, pages 19–43