leir – Faroese noun declension

Faroese noun forms of leir

Noun: leir
Gender: n

Nominative

Sg. Indef.leir
Sg. Def.leirið

Genitive

Sg. Indef.leirs
Sg. Def.leirsins

Dative

Sg. Indef.leiri
Sg. Def.leirinum

Accusative

Sg. Indef.leir
Sg. Def.leirið

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like leir

safran, samkyn, sjampo, silvur, brennivín, fyrilit, djóralív, skerpikjøt, samsvar, gjárkvøld, neytakjøt, fleirtal, krabbamein, skarlak, nýsilvur, beinkrím, gø, alnet, ahorn, flesk, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

From Old Norse leir (“clay, mud”), from Proto-Germanic *laiza- (“clay”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”). See: Old Norse Nouns 'leir'.

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