sæti

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sæti, from Proto-Germanic *sētiją. Compare the English seat.

Noun

sæti n (genitive singular sætis, nominative plural sæti)

  1. seat, a place to sit
    Synonyms: sess, set
    Fáðu þér sæti.
    Have a seat.
  2. a place or position on a list
    Kærastan mín er í öðru sæti.
    My girlfriend is in second place.
  3. haystack
    Synonyms: heysáta, heysæti, sáta
Declension
Declension of sæti (neuter)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sæti sætið sæti sætin
accusative sæti sætið sæti sætin
dative sæti sætinu sætum sætunum
genitive sætis sætisins sæta sætanna
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

Adjective

sæti

  1. the singular nominative masculine weak declension form of sætur (“sweet, nice, cute”)
    Hvað segirðu sæti?
    How are you cutie?

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *setiją, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sed-.

Noun

sæti n (genitive sætis)

  1. a seat
  2. a hayrick

Declension

Declension of sæti (strong ija-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sæti sætit sæti sætin
accusative sæti sætit sæti sætin
dative sæti sætinu sætum sætunum
genitive sætis sætisins sæta sætanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: sæti n
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sete n
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sete n

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