gletta

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word gletta. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word gletta, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say gletta in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word gletta you have here. The definition of the word gletta will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofgletta, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse *glenta, *gletta, from Proto-Germanic *glentaną (“to slide; glide”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰlend- (“to shine; sparkle; look”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

gletta f (genitive singular glettu, nominative plural glettur)

  1. prank

Declension

    Declension of gletta
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gletta glettan glettur gletturnar
accusative glettu glettuna glettur gletturnar
dative glettu glettunni glettum glettunum
genitive glettu glettunnar glettna glettnanna

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1221”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1221
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia