reitur
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse reitr (“marked-out space; square”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]reitur m (genitive singular reits, nominative plural reitir or reitar)
- plot (of land), lot
- bed (in a garden); flowerbed
- a demarcated space
- square (on a chessboard, in a crossword puzzle, etc.)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | reitur | reiturinn | reitir, reitar | reitirnir, reitarnir |
| accusative | reit | reitinn | reiti, reita | reitina, reitana |
| dative | reit | reitnum | reitum | reitunum |
| genitive | reits | reitsins | reita | reitanna |
Synonyms
[edit]References
[edit]- Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “reitur”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
- Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
- “reitur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)