kasheitur

Icelandic

Etymology

From nautical lexicon, from kas- (“heap [of fish]”) +‎ heitur (“hot”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaːsˌheiːtʏr/

Adjective

kasheitur (not comparable)

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    • 1950 Sjómannablaðið Víkingur ("the Fisherman Newspaper Viking")[2]
      Alltaf lagði sama væmna rotnunarþefinn upp úr kasheitum skipunum.
      Always the same cloying smell of decay emanated from the [heap-hot] ships.

Declension

Positive forms of kasheitur
strong declension
(indefinite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative kasheitur kasheit kasheitt
accusative kasheitan kasheita
dative kasheitum kasheitri kasheitu
genitive kasheits kasheitrar kasheits
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative kasheitir kasheitar kasheit
accusative kasheita
dative kasheitum
genitive kasheitra
weak declension
(definite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative kasheiti kasheita kasheita
acc/dat/gen kasheita kasheitu
plural (all-case) kasheitu

References

  1. ^ Icelandic Web of Science: Hvað er þetta 'kas' þegar konur eru kasólettar? (“What does the kas in kasólettur mean?”)
  2. ^ http://www2.lexis.hi.is/cgi-bin/ritmal/leitord.cgi?adg=daemi&n=688603&s=300195&l=kasheitur
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