strítkar
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English streetcar.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]strítkar n (genitive singular strítkars, nominative plural strítkör)
- (colloquial, North America) streetcar, tram
- Synonym: sporvagn
- 1 January 1913, Indriði Einarsson, Winnipeg þulan, Birkibeinar, pages 7–8:
- Gleyma fæstir heimþránni, — gatan er köld: Gengur ekkert strítkar til Íslands í kvöld?" .
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
[edit]Declension of strítkar (neuter)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | strítkar | strítkarið | strítkör | strítkörin |
| accusative | strítkar | strítkarið | strítkör | strítkörin |
| dative | strítkari | strítkarinu | strítkörum | strítkörunum |
| genitive | strítkars | strítkarsins | strítkara | strítkaranna |
Related terms
[edit]- (colloquial, North American) kar (“car”)
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