riddari
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse riddari, from Middle Low German ridder (“rider, knight”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɹɪtːaɹɪ]
Noun
riddari m (genitive singular riddara, plural riddarar)
Declension
| Declension of riddari | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| m1 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | riddari | riddarin | riddarar | riddararnir |
| accusative | riddara | riddaran | riddarar | riddararnar |
| dative | riddara | riddaranum | riddarum | riddarunum |
| genitive | riddara | riddarans | riddara | riddaranna |
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse riddari, from Middle Low German ridder (“rider, knight”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɪtːarɪ/
- Rhymes: -ɪtːarɪ
Noun
riddari m (genitive singular riddara, nominative plural riddarar)
Declension
declension of riddari
| m-w1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | riddari | riddarinn | riddarar | riddararnir |
| accusative | riddara | riddarann | riddara | riddarana |
| dative | riddara | riddaranum | riddurum | riddurunum |
| genitive | riddara | riddarans | riddara | riddaranna |
See also
| Chess pieces in Icelandic · taflmennirnir (layout · text) | |||||
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| kóngur | drottning | hrókur | biskup | riddari | peð |
Further reading
- “riddari” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Old Norse
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German ridder (“rider, knight”), displacing earlier Old Norse *riði.
Declension
Declension of riddari (weak an-stem)
| masculine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | riddari | riddarinn | riddarar | riddararnir |
| accusative | riddara | riddarann | riddara | riddarana |
| dative | riddara | riddaranum | riddurum | riddurunum |
| genitive | riddara | riddarans | riddara | riddaranna |
Descendants
References
- “riddari”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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