reitur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old NorseCategory:Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse#REITURCategory:Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse#REITUR reitr (“marked-out space; square”).

Pronunciation

Noun

reitur m (genitive singular reits, nominative plural reitir or reitar)Category:Icelandic lemmas#REITURCategory:Icelandic nouns#REITURCategory:Icelandic entries with incorrect language header#REITURCategory:Icelandic masculine nouns#REITURCategory:Pages with entries#REITURCategory:Pages with 1 entry#REITUR

  1. plot (of land), lot
  2. bed (in a garden); flowerbed
  3. a demarcated space
  4. square (on a chessboard, in a crossword puzzle, etc.)

Declension

Declension of reitur (masculine)
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

References

  • Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2026), “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)
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