ættingi

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaihtiɲcɪ/
    Rhymes: -aihtiɲcɪ

Noun

ættingi m (genitive singular ættingja, nominative plural ættingjar)

  1. relative (someone in the same family; someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption)

Declension

Declension of ættingi (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ættingi ættinginn ættingjar ættingjarnir
accusative ættingja ættingjann ættingja ættingjana
dative ættingja ættingjanum ættingjum ættingjunum
genitive ættingja ættingjans ættingja ættingjanna

Further reading

Old Norse

Etymology

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Noun

ættingi m (genitive ættingja)

  1. kinsman

Declension

Declension of ættingi (weak an-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ættingi ættinginn ættingjar ættingjarnir
accusative ættingja ættingjann ættingja ættingjana
dative ættingja ættingjanum ættingjum ættingjunum
genitive ættingja ættingjans ættingja ættingjanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: ættingi m
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ætting m
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ætting m

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “ættingi”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 525; also available at the Internet Archive