ketta

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse ketta. See also køttur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰɛʰtːa][1]

Noun

ketta f (genitive singular kettu, plural kettur)

  1. cat

Declension

f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ketta kettan kettur ketturnar
accusative kettu kettuna kettur ketturnar
dative kettu kettuni kettum kettunum
genitive kettu kettunnar ketta kettanna

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Árnason, Kristján (2011) The Phonology of Icelandic and Faroese (The Phonology of the World's Languages), Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 116

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kattijǭ, *kattǭ (“female cat”).

Noun

ketta f (genitive kettu)

  1. a female cat
    Synonym: kisa
  2. a giantess

Declension

Declension of ketta (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ketta kettan kettur ketturnar
accusative kettu kettuna kettur ketturnar
dative kettu kettunni kettum kettunum
genitive kettu kettunnar kettna kettnanna

Coordinate terms

Descendants

  • Icelandic: ketta
  • Faroese: ketta
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kjette, kjetta
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kjette
  • Old Swedish: kætta

Further reading

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