dísætur

Icelandic

Etymology

Possibly from Jutlandic (dialectal Danish) diesød (“sickly sweet”), with die meaning "to suckle",[1] so the original meaning possibly being "sweet as a mother's milk".[2]

Adjective

dísætur (not comparable)

  1. tasting very sweet

Declension

Positive forms of dísætur
strong declension
(indefinite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative dísætur dísæt dísætt
accusative dísætan dísæta
dative dísætum dísætri dísætu
genitive dísæts dísætrar dísæts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative dísætir dísætar dísæt
accusative dísæta
dative dísætum
genitive dísætra
weak declension
(definite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative dísæti dísæta dísæta
acc/dat/gen dísæta dísætu
plural (all-case) dísætu

References

  1. ^ Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1989
  2. ^ Vísindavefurinn: Hvers konar dí er í því sem er dísætt?
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