Noun: ostur
Gender: m
Declension:
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | ostur |
| Sg. Def. | osturinn |
| Pl. Indef. | ostar |
| Pl. Def. | ostarnir |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | osts |
| Sg. Def. | ostsins |
| Pl. Indef. | osta |
| Pl. Def. | ostanna |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | osti |
| Sg. Def. | ostinum |
| Pl. Indef. | ostum |
| Pl. Def. | ostunum |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | ost |
| Sg. Def. | ostinn |
| Pl. Indef. | osta |
| Pl. Def. | ostana |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like ostur
búálfur,
tölvupóstur,
sæhestur,
beitukóngur,
gráðostur,
graðhestur,
æðarkóngur,
sandstormur,
silkiormur,
brunnur,
flóðhestur,
broddur,
músvákur,
gjóstur,
bandormur,
hvirfilvindur,
álandsvindur,
sokkaleistur,
þráðormur,
grunnur, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Norse ostr (whence also the Danish ost, Faroese ostur, Norwegian ost and Swedish ost) from Proto-Germanic *justaz. Akin to Latin ius, Proto-Slavic *juxa. Compare Finnish juusto. See: Old Norse Nouns '
ostr', Finnish Nouns '
juusto'.
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