vestri

See also: Vestri

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛstrɪ/

  Rhymes: -ɛstrɪ

Noun

vestri m (genitive singular vestra, nominative plural vestrar)

1. western (film set in the American West)

Declension

Declension of vestri (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vestri	vestrinn	vestrar	vestrarnir
accusative	vestra	vestrann	vestra	vestrana
dative	vestra	vestranum	vestrum	vestrunum
genitive	vestra	vestrans	vestra	vestranna

Adjective

vestri (comparative only, superlative vestastur)

1. Alternative form of vestari

Declension

comparative forms of vestri (comparative-only)

weak declension (definite)		masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular (all-case)	vestri	vestri	vestra
	plural (all-case)	vestri

superlative forms of vestri (comparative-only)

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	vestastur	vestust	vestast
	accusative	vestastan	vestasta
	dative	vestustum	vestastri	vestustu
	genitive	vestasts	vestastrar	vestasts
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	vestastir	vestastar	vestust
	accusative	vestasta
	dative	vestustum
	genitive	vestastra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	vestasti	vestasta	vestasta
	acc/dat/gen	vestasta	vestustu
	plural (all-case)	vestustu

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯es.triː/, [ˈu̯ɛs̠t̪riː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈves.tri/, [ˈvɛst̪ri]

Pronoun

vestrī

1. objective genitive plural of vōs
2. inflection of vester:
   1. genitive masculine/neuter singular
   2. nominative masculine plural

Old Norse

Etymology

Originally a comparative form of the adverb vestr.

Adjective

vestri (superlative vestastr)

1. more westerly

Inflection

    Comparative declension of vestri

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	vestri	vestri	vestra
accusative	vestra	vestri	vestra
dative	vestra	vestri	vestra
genitive	vestra	vestri	vestra
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	vestri	vestri	vestri
accusative	vestri	vestri	vestri
dative	vestrum	vestrum	vestrum
genitive	vestri	vestri	vestri

Coordinate terms

• eystri, nyrðri, syðri

Descendants

• Icelandic: vestri
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vestre

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “vestri”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
• “vestre” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.