steinur

See also: Steinur

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse steinn, from Proto-Norse ᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨᛉ (stainaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *stainaz, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *steyh₂-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstaɪnʊɹ/

Noun

steinur m (genitive singular steins, plural steinar)

1. stone
2. (anatomy) testicle

Declension

m6	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	steinur	steinurin	steinar	steinarnir
accusative	stein	steinin	steinar	steinarnar
dative	steini	steininum	steinum	steinunum
genitive	steins	steinsins	steina	steinanna

Derived terms

(Terms prefixed with steinur):

• steinafrøði
• steinaldarmenniskja
• steinbítur
• steinbrot
• steinbýttur
• steindeyvur
• steinevni
• steinfríur
• steingeit
• steingólv
• steinharður
• steinhús
• steinkast
• steinkirkja
• steinkol
• steinkópur
• steinkvirrur
• steinolja
• steinrenning
• steinrunnin

(Terms suffixed with steinur):

• blásteinur
• brennisteinur
• brunasteinur
• brýnisteinur
• dropasteinur
• dvørgasteinur
• eygnasteinur
• gallsteinur
• gimsteinur
• grundarsteinur
• haglsteinur
• hornasteinur
• kvørnarsteinur
• loftsteinur
• lokasteinur
• múrsteinur
• nýrasteinur
• sigulsteinur
• skorsteinur
• soðsteinur
• tannsteinur
• tigulsteinur
• torusteinur
• vaðsteinur