setr

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See also: šetř

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English setter.

Pronunciation

Noun

setr m anim

  1. setter (a breed of gundog)
    Synonyms: stavěč, stavěcí pes

Declension

Further reading

  • setr in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • setr in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • setr in Internetová jazyková příručka

Old Norse

Etymology 1

Related to sitja (to sit).

Noun

setr n

  1. seat, residence
  2. (of the Sun) setting
  3. (in Norway) mountain pastures, dairy lands
Declension
Descendants
  • Norwegian Bokmål: seter m or f
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: seter f
  • Old Swedish: sǣter

Etymology 2

Verb

setr

  1. second/third-person singular present indicative active of setja

References

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