sneið

See also: sneid

Icelandic

Etymology 1

From the verb sníða (“to shape with a knife, to cut off”).

Noun

sneið f (genitive singular sneiðar, nominative plural sneiðar)

1. slice; a piece that has been cut off something

Declension

Declension of sneið (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sneið	sneiðin	sneiðar	sneiðarnar
accusative	sneið	sneiðina	sneiðar	sneiðarnar
dative	sneið	sneiðinni	sneiðum	sneiðunum
genitive	sneiðar	sneiðarinnar	sneiða	sneiðanna

Derived terms

• sneiða

References

• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2024), “sneið”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies

Etymology 2

Verb

sneið (strong)

1. first-person singular and third-person singular past indicative of sníða