From Latin rosa, from Oscan, from Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon) (Aeolic ϝρόδον (wródon)), from Old Persian *wurdi (“flower”), from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥dʰo (“sweetbriar”).
rósa f (genitive singular rósu, plural rósur)
| Declension of rósa | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| f1 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | rósa | rósan | rósur | rósurnar |
| accusative | rósu | rósuna | rósur | rósurnar |
| dative | rósu | rósuni | rósum | rósunum |
| genitive | rósu | rósunnar | rósa | rósanna |
rósa (third person singular past indicative rósti, third person plural past indicative róst, supine róst)
rósa (third person singular past indicative rósaði, third person plural past indicative rósað, supine rósað)
| Conjugation of rósa (group v-29-30) | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | rósa | |
| supine | rósað | |
| participle (a5 (a39)/a6)1 |
rósandi | róstur/ rósaður |
| present | past | |
| first singular | rósi | rósti/ rósaði |
| second singular | rósar | rósti/ rósaði |
| third singular | rósar | rósti/ rósaði |
| plural | rósa | róstu/ rósaðu |
| imperative | ||
| singular | rósa! | |
| plural | rósið! | |
| 1Only the past participle being declined. | ||
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