sæti
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Icelandic
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Norse sæti, from Proto-Germanic *sētiją. Compare the English seat.
Noun
[edit]sæti n (genitive singular sætis, nominative plural sæti)
- seat, a place to sit
- a place or position on a list
- Kærastan mín er í öðru sæti.
- My girlfriend is in second place.
- haystack
Declension
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[edit]See also
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Adjective
[edit]sæti
- the singular nominative masculine weak declension form of sætur (“sweet, nice, cute”)
- Hvað segirðu sæti?
- How are you cutie?
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *setiją, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sed-.
Noun
[edit]sæti n (genitive sætis)
Declension
[edit]neuter | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | sæti | sætit | sæti | sætin |
accusative | sæti | sætit | sæti | sætin |
dative | sæti | sætinu | sætum | sætunum |
genitive | sætis | sætisins | sæta | sætanna |
Related terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “sæti”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 427; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857
- page/427 Internet Archive]
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- Rhymes:Icelandic/aiːtɪ
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- Old Norse terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sed-
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- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse nouns
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