Noun: leir
Gender: m
Declension:
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | leir |
| Sg. Def. | leirinn |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | leirs |
| Sg. Def. | leirsins |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | leir |
| Sg. Def. | leirnum |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | leir |
| Sg. Def. | leirinn |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like leir
snóker,
borðtennis,
sandpappír,
A-dúr,
D-dúr,
G-dúr,
blóðmör,
eldpipar,
dagblaðapappír,
C-dúr,
hríspappír,
gorgeir,
klósettpappír,
sykurreyr,
lakkrís,
líter,
kopar,
pipar,
póker,
þys, 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”). Compare dialectal English lair (“a bog, a mire”). Cf. Danish ler, Norwegian Nynorsk leire and Swedish lera. See: Old Norse Nouns '
leir', English Nouns '
lair', Danish Nouns '
ler', Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns '
leire', Swedish Nouns '
lera'.
Verbs referencing "leir"
Swedish Nouns
lera.
Translations