vestri

See also: Vestri

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛstrɪ/
    Rhymes: -ɛstrɪ

Noun

vestri m (genitive singular vestra, nominative plural vestrar)

  1. western (film set in the American West)

Declension

Declension of vestri (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vestri vestrinn vestrar vestrarnir
accusative vestra vestrann vestra vestrana
dative vestra vestranum vestrum vestrunum
genitive vestra vestrans vestra vestranna

Adjective

vestri (comparative only, superlative vestastur)

  1. alternative form of vestari

Declension

Comparative forms of vestri (comparative-only)
weak declension
(definite)
masculine feminine neuter
singular (all-case) vestri vestri vestra
plural (all-case) vestri
Superlative forms of vestri (comparative-only)
strong declension
(indefinite)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative vestastur vestust vestast
accusative vestastan vestasta
dative vestustum vestastri vestustu
genitive vestasts vestastrar vestasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative vestastir vestastar vestust
accusative vestasta
dative vestustum
genitive vestastra
weak declension
(definite)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative vestasti vestasta vestasta
acc/dat/gen vestasta vestustu
plural (all-case) vestustu

Latin

Pronunciation

Pronoun

vestrī

  1. objective genitive plural of vōs
  2. inflection of vester:
    1. genitive masculine/neuter singular
    2. nominative masculine plural

Old Norse

Etymology

Originally a comparative form of the adverb vestr.

Adjective

vestri (superlative vestastr)

  1. more westerly

Inflection

Comparative declension of vestri
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative vestri vestri vestra
accusative vestra vestri vestra
dative vestra vestri vestra
genitive vestra vestri vestra
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative vestri vestri vestri
accusative vestri vestri vestri
dative vestrum vestrum vestrum
genitive vestri vestri vestri

Coordinate terms

Descendants

  • Icelandic: vestri
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vestre

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “vestri”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
  • “vestre” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.