vatn – Icelandic noun declension

Icelandic noun forms of vatn

Noun: vatn
Gender: n
Declension:

Nominative

Sg. Indef.vatn
Sg. Def.vatnið
Pl. Indef.vötn
Pl. Def.vötnin

Genitive

Sg. Indef.vatns
Sg. Def.vatnsins
Pl. Indef.vatna
Pl. Def.vatnanna

Dative

Sg. Indef.vatni
Sg. Def.vatninu
Pl. Indef.vötnum
Pl. Def.vötnunum

Accusative

Sg. Indef.vatn
Sg. Def.vatnið
Pl. Indef.vötn
Pl. Def.vötnin

Sample Sentences

  • Vatnið er mjög tært. (The water is very clear.)
  • Á Arnarvatnsheiði er fjöldi vatna. (On Arnarvatnsheiði [there] is a multitude of lakes.)
  • Guð sagði: „Verði festing milli vatnanna, og hún greini vötn frá vötnum.“ (And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.) [Genesis 1-3 (English, Icelandic)]

Nouns inflected like vatn

varp, vatn, vatt, vaff, vald,

Etymology

From Old Norse vatn, from Proto-Germanic *watōr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥. See: Old Norse Nouns 'vatn'.

Verbs referencing "vatn"

Norwegian Bokmål Nouns vatn, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns vann, English Nouns water.

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