samsæta
Icelandic
Etymology
Composed samur (“same”) + -sæta (“one who sits, is located”), the latter part perhaps in this case newly derived from sæti (“seat, position, place”). Calque of English isotope, which is created from Ancient Greek ἴσος (ísos, “equal, same”) and τόπος (tópos, “place”), because the different isotopes of a chemical element occupy the same position in the periodic table of elements.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsam.saiːta/
Noun
samsæta f (genitive singular samsætu, nominative plural samsætur)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | samsæta | samsætan | samsætur | samsæturnar |
| accusative | samsætu | samsætuna | samsætur | samsæturnar |
| dative | samsætu | samsætunni | samsætum | samsætunum |
| genitive | samsætu | samsætunnar | samsæta, samsætna | samsætanna, samsætnanna |
Derived terms
- geislasamsæta
- geislavirk samsæta
References
- Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “samsæta”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies