Noun: leira
Gender: f
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | leira |
| Sg. Def. | leiran |
| Pl. Indef. | leirur |
| Pl. Def. | leirurnar |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | leiru |
| Sg. Def. | leirunnar |
| Pl. Indef. | leirna |
| Pl. Def. | leirnanna |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | leiru |
| Sg. Def. | leirunni |
| Pl. Indef. | leirum |
| Pl. Def. | leirunum |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | leiru |
| Sg. Def. | leiruna |
| Pl. Indef. | leirur |
| Pl. Def. | leirurnar |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like leira
skyrta,
skessa,
ábreiða,
þjónosta,
þjónusta,
abbadissa,
abbatissa,
allraheilagramessa,
lǫgrétta,
írska,
þurka,
þerna,
þerra,
þella,
deila,
festa,
gedda,
genta,
gipta,
gráða, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *lai-zō, related to *līmaz (“glue, lime”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”) or *(s)ley-mo- (“slime”), with similar words including English loam, Latin limus, and German Leim (“paste, glue”). See: English Nouns '
loam', Latin Nouns '
limus', German Nouns '
Leim'.
Verbs referencing "leira"
Swedish Nouns
lera, Dutch Nouns
leem, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns
leire, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns
leire.
Translations