svæði

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse svæði, from Proto-Germanic *swaþō, from Proto-Indo-European *swem(bʰ)- (“to bend, turn, swing”).[1]

Cognate with English swath.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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svæði n (genitive singular svæðis, nominative plural svæði)

  1. area
  2. territory

Declension

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declension of svæði
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative svæði svæðið svæði svæðin
accusative svæði svæðið svæði svæðin
dative svæði svæðinu svæðum svæðunum
genitive svæðis svæðisins svæða svæðanna

References

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  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 3030, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 3030
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