kurteis

Icelandic

kurteis (comparative kurteisari, superlative kurteisastur)

polite
Antonyms: ókurteis, dónalegur

Morðinginn var afar kurteis og baðst velvirðingar á því að hafa brotið vasann og drepið hundinn.
The killer was most polite and apologized for breaking the vase and killing the dog.

Positive forms of *kurteis*
strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	kurteis	kurteis	kurteist
	accusative	kurteisan	kurteisa	kurteist
	dative	kurteisum	kurteisri	kurteisu
	genitive	kurteiss	kurteisrar	kurteiss

	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	kurteisir	kurteisar	kurteis
	accusative	kurteisa	kurteisar	kurteis
	dative	kurteisum
	genitive	kurteisra

weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	kurteisi	kurteisa	kurteisa
	acc/dat/gen	kurteisa	kurteisu	kurteisa
	plural (all-case)	kurteisu

Comparative forms of *kurteis*
weak declension (definite)		masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular (all-case)	kurteisari	kurteisari	kurteisara
	plural (all-case)	kurteisari

Superlative forms of *kurteis*
strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	kurteisastur	kurteisust	kurteisast
	accusative	kurteisastan	kurteisasta	kurteisast
	dative	kurteisustum	kurteisastri	kurteisustu
	genitive	kurteisasts	kurteisastrar	kurteisasts

	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	kurteisastir	kurteisastar	kurteisust
	accusative	kurteisasta	kurteisastar	kurteisust
	dative	kurteisustum
	genitive	kurteisastra

weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	kurteisasti	kurteisasta	kurteisasta
	acc/dat/gen	kurteisasta	kurteisustu	kurteisasta
	plural (all-case)	kurteisustu

^ Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) “kurteis”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)