kvennkyn
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Faroese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]kvinna (“woman”) + kyn (“gender”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kvennkyn n (genitive singular kvennkyns, uncountable)
Declension
[edit]n22s | Singular | |
Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | kvennkyn | kvennkynið |
Accusative | kvennkyn | kvennkynið |
Dative | kvennkyni | kvennkyninum |
Genitive | kvennkyns | kvennkynsins |
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]kvennkyn n
Declension
[edit] Declension of kvennkyn (strong ja-stem)
neuter | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | kvennkyn | kvennkynit | kvennkyn | kvennkynin |
accusative | kvennkyn | kvennkynit | kvennkyn | kvennkynin |
dative | kvennkyni | kvennkyninu | kvennkynjum | kvennkynjunum |
genitive | kvennkyns | kvennkynsins | kvennkynja | kvennkynjanna |
Coordinate terms
[edit]- karlkyn n (“the male sex”)
References
[edit]- “kvennkyn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press