Noun: met
Gender: n
Declension:
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | met |
| Sg. Def. | metið |
| Pl. Indef. | met |
| Pl. Def. | metin |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | mets |
| Sg. Def. | metsins |
| Pl. Indef. | meta |
| Pl. Def. | metanna |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | meti |
| Sg. Def. | metinu |
| Pl. Indef. | metum |
| Pl. Def. | metunum |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | met |
| Sg. Def. | metið |
| Pl. Indef. | met |
| Pl. Def. | metin |
Sample Sentences
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vera þungt á metunum (be important)
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koma sínum metum við (exercise one's influence)
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vera í (miklum/litlum) metum hjá e-m (be regarded (highly/lowly/ by someone)
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setja met (set a record)
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hrinda met (make a record)
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slá met (break a record)
Nouns inflected like met
hænsnabú,
sjampó,
smyrsl,
höfrungahlaup,
smáorð,
brennivín,
skraut,
rauðaldin,
þarfaþing,
aðgangskort,
skapahár,
villidýr,
fingurbjargarblóm,
krampaflog,
uppgjör,
tvíhljóð,
aðgangsorð,
gufustraujárn,
prakkarastrik,
baksvið, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Compare Faroese met (“regard, respect”), Old High German mez (“liquid measure, meter”), Old Irish med (“balance, scale”). See also meta (“to measure”). See: Faroese Nouns '
met'.
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