skeið – Faroese noun declension

Noun: skeið

Gender: f n

Nominative

Sg. Indef.	skeið
Sg. Def.	skeiðin; skeiðið
Pl. Indef.	skeiðir; skeið
Pl. Def.	skeiðirnar; skeiðini

Genitive

Sg. Indef.	skeiðar; skeiðs
Sg. Def.	skeiðarinnar; skeiðsins
Pl. Indef.	skeiða
Pl. Def.	skeiðanna

Dative

Sg. Indef.	skeið; skeiði
Sg. Def.	skeiðini; skeiðnum
Pl. Indef.	skeiðum
Pl. Def.	skeiðunum

Accusative

Sg. Indef.	skeið
Sg. Def.	skeiðina; skeiðið
Pl. Indef.	skeiðir; skeið
Pl. Def.	skeiðirnar; skeiðini

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like skeið

lið, skeið,

Etymology

From the feminine Old Norse skeið (“warship; sheath; reed, sley”), from Proto-Germanic *skaiþiz. See: Old Norse Nouns 'skeið'.

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