kurteis

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Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French corteis.[1]

Adjective

kurteis (comparative kurteisari, superlative kurteisastur)

  1. polite
    Antonyms: ókurteis, dónalegur
    Morðinginn var afar kurteis og baðst velvirðingar á því að hafa brotið vasann og drepið hundinn.
    The killer was most polite and apologized for breaking the vase and killing the dog.

Declension

positive forms of kurteis
strong declension
(indefinite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative kurteis kurteis kurteist
accusative kurteisan kurteisa
dative kurteisum kurteisri kurteisu
genitive kurteiss kurteisrar kurteiss
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative kurteisir kurteisar kurteis
accusative kurteisa
dative kurteisum
genitive kurteisra
weak declension
(definite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative kurteisi kurteisa kurteisa
acc/dat/gen kurteisa kurteisu
plural (all-case) kurteisu
comparative forms of kurteis
weak declension
(definite) 		masculine feminine neuter
singular (all-case) kurteisari kurteisari kurteisara
plural (all-case) kurteisari
superlative forms of kurteis
strong declension
(indefinite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative kurteisastur kurteisust kurteisast
accusative kurteisastan kurteisasta
dative kurteisustum kurteisastri kurteisustu
genitive kurteisasts kurteisastrar kurteisasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative kurteisastir kurteisastar kurteisust
accusative kurteisasta
dative kurteisustum
genitive kurteisastra
weak declension
(definite) 		singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative kurteisasti kurteisasta kurteisasta
acc/dat/gen kurteisasta kurteisustu
plural (all-case) kurteisustu

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) “kurteis”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
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