prettur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse prettr (“trick, deceit”), from Proto-Germanic *prattuz (“boastful talk, deceit”). Cognate with English prat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpʰrɛhtʏr/
  • Rhymes: -ɛhtʏr

Noun

prettur m (genitive singular pretts, nominative plural prettir)

  1. trick, swindle, deceit
    Synonym: bragð

Declension

Declension of prettur (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative prettur pretturinn prettir prettirnir
accusative prett prettinn pretti prettina
dative pretti prettinum prettum prettunum
genitive pretts prettsins pretta prettanna
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