eiði – Faroese noun declension

Faroese noun forms of eiði

Noun: eiði
Gender: n

Nominative

Sg. Indef.eiði
Sg. Def.eiðið
Pl. Indef.eiði; eiðir
Pl. Def.eiðini

Genitive

Sg. Indef.eiðis
Sg. Def.eiðisins
Pl. Indef.eiða
Pl. Def.eiðanna

Dative

Sg. Indef.eiði
Sg. Def.eiðnum; eiðinum
Pl. Indef.eiðum
Pl. Def.eiðunum

Accusative

Sg. Indef.eiði
Sg. Def.eiðið
Pl. Indef.eiði; eiðir
Pl. Def.eiðini

Sample Sentences

Etymology

From Old Norse eið, in turn from Proto-Germanic *aidiją, probably related to Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“go”) and Latin eo. Cognate with Old Swedish ēþ (Modern Swedish ed) and Norwegian Bokmål eid. See: Old Norse Nouns 'eið', Swedish Nouns 'ed', Norwegian Bokmål Nouns 'eid'.

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