kjalta

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Icelandic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse kjalta.

Pronunciation

Noun

kjalta f (genitive singular kjöltu, nominative plural kjöltur)

  1. (anatomy) lap

Declension

declension of kjalta
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kjalta kjaltan kjöltur kjölturnar
accusative kjöltu kjöltuna kjöltur kjölturnar
dative kjöltu kjöltunni kjöltum kjöltunum
genitive kjöltu kjöltunnar kjalta kjaltanna

Further reading

Old Norse

Etymology

From or related to Proto-Germanic *kelþaz (“fetus, womb”). Loaned into English as kilt.

Noun

kjalta f (genitive kjǫltu)

  1. (anatomy) lap

Declension

  Declension of kjalta (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kjalta kjaltan kjǫltur kjǫlturnar
accusative kjǫltu kjǫltuna kjǫltur kjǫlturnar
dative kjǫltu kjǫltunni kjǫltum kjǫltunum
genitive kjǫltu kjǫltunnar kjaltna kjaltnanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: kjalta

References

  • “kjalta”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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