menning

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See also: Menning and -menning

Faroese

FWOTD – 9 December 2013

Etymology

From menna (to develop, to increase), analogous to Old Norse menning.

Pronunciation

Noun

menning f (genitive singular menningar, uncountable)

  1. development, progress
  2. (weather) increase of wind

Declension

Declension of menning (singular only)
f6s singular
indefinite definite
nominative menning menningin
accusative menning menningina
dative menning menningini
genitive menningar menningarinnar

References

Jóhan Hendrik W. Poulsen, et al.: Føroysk orðabók. Tórshavn: Føroya Fróðskaparfelag 1998. (menning)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse menning (“education”).

Pronunciation

Noun

menning f (genitive singular menningar, nominative plural menningar)

  1. civilization, culture

Declension

declension of menning
f-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative menning menningin menningar menningarnar
accusative menningu menninguna menningar menningarnar
dative menningu menningunni menningum menningunum
genitive menningar menningarinnar menninga menninganna

References

  • menning in Hólmarsson et al.: Íslensk-ensk orðabók. 1989.

Old Norse

Etymology

From menna (“to make a man of someone, breed”) +‎ -ing.

Noun

menning f

  1. breeding, upbringing, education

Declension

  Declension of menning (strong ō-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative menning menningin menningar menningarnar
accusative menning menningina menningar menningarnar
dative menningu menningunni menningum menningunum
genitive menningar menningarinnar menninga menninganna

References

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