kompass
See also: Kompass
Estonian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
kompass (genitive kompassi, partitive kompassi)
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- “kompass”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
Latvian
Noun
kompass m (1st declension)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | kompass | kompasi |
| genitive | kompasa | kompasu |
| dative | kompasam | kompasiem |
| accusative | kompasu | kompasus |
| instrumental | kompasu | kompasiem |
| locative | kompasā | kompasos |
| vocative | kompas | kompasi |
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse kompáss (“circle”), and Italian compasso, from compassare (“measure with a pair of compasses”).
Noun
kompass n (definite singular kompasset, indefinite plural kompass or kompasser, definite plural kompassa or kompassene)
- a compass
References
- “kompass” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse kompáss (“circle”), and Italian compasso, from compassare (“measure with a pair of compasses”).
Noun
kompass n (definite singular kompasset, indefinite plural kompass, definite plural kompassa)
- a compass
References
- “kompass” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Noun
kompass c
- a compass (navigational compass)
- (figuratively) a compass (something that guides)
- moralisk kompass
- moral compass
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | kompass | kompass |
| definite | kompassen | kompassens | |
| plural | indefinite | kompasser | kompassers |
| definite | kompasserna | kompassernas |
Derived terms
- kompassriktning