geir – Norwegian Nynorsk noun declension

Norwegian Nynorsk noun forms of geir

Noun: geir
Gender: Masculine Hyphenation:

Indefinite

Sg.geir
Pl.geirar

Definite

Sg.geiren
Pl.geirane

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like geir

bernhardin, billettautomat, røykdukkar, krøpling, symbal, synops, synsar, syklon, syklus, swazilendar, kroppsdel, snøbre, serbar, server, sesjon, sesong, septim, setjar, settar, sefard, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

From Old Norse geirr, from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰoysós (“throwing spear”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey- (“to drive, move, fling”). Cognates include Irish ga. See: Old Norse Nouns 'geirr', Irish Nouns 'ga'.

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