systkin
Faroese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɪst͡ʃʰɪn/
Noun
systkin n pl (plurale tantum, genitive plural systkina)
Declension
| n27 | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | systkin | systkini |
| accusative | systkin | systkini |
| dative | systkjum | systkjunum |
| genitive | systkina | systkinanna |
Derived terms
- fostursystkin
- hálvsystkin
- leiksystkin
- samsystkin
- spælisystkin
- systkinabarn
- systkinaflokkur
Icelandic
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɪs(t)kɪːn/
Noun
systkin n pl (plural only, genitive plural systkina)
Declension
| plural | ||
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | systkin | systkinin |
| accusative | systkin | systkinin |
| dative | systkinum | systkinunum |
| genitive | systkina | systkinanna |
Old Norse
Alternative forms
Etymology
Derived from systir (“sister”) (or more correctly an old adjectival form of it, *swes(t)riga-)[1] with the suffix *-īn(i)a indicating a relation between people as in the words feðgin (“a father and his daughter”) and mǿðgin (“a mother and her son”).[2][3] Unrelated to the English kin.
Noun
systkin n pl
Declension
| neuter | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | systkin | systkinin |
| accusative | systkin | systkinin |
| dative | systkinum | systkinunum |
| genitive | systkina | systkinanna |
Derived terms
- systkinabǫrn n pl (“children of one's brother(s) or sister(s); nieces and nephews”)
- systkinadœtr f pl (“daughters of one's brother(s) or sister(s); nieces”)
- systkinadœtrasynir m pl (“sons of daughters of one's brother(s) or sister(s); great-nephews”)
- systkinasonr m (“son of a sister on one's father's side, or son of a brother on one's mother's side”)
Descendants
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “systkin”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive