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Icelandic
Etymology
From kaupa (“to buy”) and köttinn (“the cat”) the definite accusative singular form of köttur (“a cat”) and í (“in”) and sekknum (“the sack”) the definite dative singular of sekkur (“a sack”), literally meaning to "buy the cat in the sack".
Idiom
kaupa köttinn í sekknum (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative keypti köttinn í sekknum, supine keypt köttinn í sekknum)
- (transitive, idiomatic) to be sold a pig in a poke