kasóléttur

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Icelandic

Etymology

From kas- (“heap”) +‎ óléttur (“pregnant”), where "heap" refers to the spherical properties of the stomach of a pregnant woman.[1]

Adjective

kasóléttur (comparative kasóléttari, superlative kasóléttastur)

  1. highly pregnant
    Synonym: kasbomm
    • Guðmundur G. Hagalín[2]
      ...og svo veit allur bærinn, að þín eigin dóttir, sakleysið og hreinleikinn, situr kasólétt innan við búðarborðið.
      ...and thus the whole town knows that your own daughter, the very picture of innocence and purity, sits pregnant just within the counter.

Declension

positive forms of kasóléttur
strong declension
(indefinite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative kasóléttur kasólétt kasólétt
accusative kasóléttan kasólétta
dative kasóléttum kasóléttri kasóléttu
genitive kasólétts kasóléttrar kasólétts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative kasóléttir kasóléttar kasólétt
accusative kasólétta
dative kasóléttum
genitive kasóléttra
weak declension
(definite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative kasólétti kasólétta kasólétta
acc/dat/gen kasólétta kasóléttu
plural (all-case) kasóléttu
comparative forms of kasóléttur
weak declension
(definite) 		masculine feminine neuter
singular (all-case) kasóléttari kasóléttari kasóléttara
plural (all-case) kasóléttari
superlative forms of kasóléttur
strong declension
(indefinite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative kasóléttastur kasóléttust kasóléttast
accusative kasóléttastan kasóléttasta
dative kasóléttustum kasóléttastri kasóléttustu
genitive kasóléttasts kasóléttastrar kasóléttasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative kasóléttastir kasóléttastar kasóléttust
accusative kasóléttasta
dative kasóléttustum
genitive kasóléttastra
weak declension
(definite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative kasóléttasti kasóléttasta kasóléttasta
acc/dat/gen kasóléttasta kasóléttustu
plural (all-case) kasóléttustu

See also

References

  1. ^ Icelandic Web of Science: Hvað er þetta 'kas' þegar konur eru kasólettar? (“What does the kas in kasólettur mean?”)
  2. ^ http://www2.lexis.hi.is/cgi-bin/ritmal/leitord.cgi?adg=daemi&n=249770&s=300230&l=kas%F3l%E9ttur&m=kas%F3l%E9tt
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