kompass
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Estonian
Etymology
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Noun
kompass (genitive kompassi, partitive kompassi)
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- “kompass”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
Latvian
Noun
kompass m (1st declension)
Declension
Declension of kompass (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | kompass | kompasi |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | kompasu | kompasus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | kompasa | kompasu |
| dative (datīvs) | kompasam | kompasiem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | kompasu | kompasiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | kompasā | kompasos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | kompas | kompasi |
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse kompáss (“circle”), and Italian compasso, from compassare (“measure with a pair of compasses”).
Noun
kompass n (definite singular kompasset, indefinite plural kompass or kompasser, definite plural kompassa or kompassene)
- a compass
References
- “kompass” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse kompáss (“circle”), and Italian compasso, from compassare (“measure with a pair of compasses”).
Noun
kompass n (definite singular kompasset, indefinite plural kompass, definite plural kompassa)
- a compass
References
- “kompass” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Noun
kompass c
- a compass (navigational compass)
- (figuratively) a compass (something that guides)
- moralisk kompass
- moral compass
Declension
Declension of kompass