kvennkyn
Faroese
editEtymology
editkvinna (“woman”) + kyn (“gender”)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkvennkyn n (genitive singular kvennkyns, uncountable)
Declension
editn22s | Singular | |
Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | kvennkyn | kvennkynið |
Accusative | kvennkyn | kvennkynið |
Dative | kvennkyni | kvennkyninum |
Genitive | kvennkyns | kvennkynsins |
Old Norse
editEtymology
editNoun
editkvennkyn n
Declension
edit Declension of kvennkyn (strong ja-stem)
neuter | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | kvennkyn | kvennkynit | kvennkyn | kvennkynin |
accusative | kvennkyn | kvennkynit | kvennkyn | kvennkynin |
dative | kvennkyni | kvennkyninu | kvennkynjum | kvennkynjunum |
genitive | kvennkyns | kvennkynsins | kvennkynja | kvennkynjanna |
Coordinate terms
edit- karlkyn n (“the male sex”)
References
edit- “kvennkyn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press