sveigur – Icelandic noun declension

Noun: sveigur

Gender: m
Declension:

Nominative

Sg. Indef.	sveigur
Sg. Def.	sveigurinn
Pl. Indef.	sveigar
Pl. Def.	sveigarnir

Genitive

Sg. Indef.	sveigs; sveigar
Sg. Def.	sveigsins; sveigarins
Pl. Indef.	sveiga
Pl. Def.	sveiganna

Dative

Sg. Indef.	sveig
Sg. Def.	sveignum
Pl. Indef.	sveigum
Pl. Def.	sveigunum

Accusative

Sg. Indef.	sveig
Sg. Def.	sveiginn
Pl. Indef.	sveiga
Pl. Def.	sveigana

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like sveigur

lútur, sveigur,

Etymology

From Old Norse sveigr (“supple branch, headkerchief”), from Proto-Germanic *swaigaz, according to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₁- (“to sway, swing”). See: Old Norse Nouns 'sveigr'.