Noun: neisti
Gender: m
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | neisti |
| Sg. Def. | neistin |
| Pl. Indef. | neistar |
| Pl. Def. | neistarnir |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | neista |
| Sg. Def. | neistans |
| Pl. Indef. | neista |
| Pl. Def. | neistanna |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | neista |
| Sg. Def. | neistanum |
| Pl. Indef. | neistum |
| Pl. Def. | neistunum |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | neista |
| Sg. Def. | neistan |
| Pl. Indef. | neistar |
| Pl. Def. | neistarnar |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like neisti
ringvøddi,
skuggi,
granskari,
uppruni,
sjónleikari,
ómøguleiki,
borgari,
arbeiðari,
borgarstjóri,
floksskrivari,
bardagi,
kunnleiki,
klokkutími,
hárfríðkari,
høvdingi,
leikstjóri,
stuttleiki,
daggari,
samleiki,
førleiki, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Norse gneisti, from Proto-Germanic *gahnaistô (“spark”), from Proto-Germanic *ga- + Proto-Germanic *hnaistô (“spark”), perhaps from the ultimate (imitative) source of German knistern (“to crackle”). See: Old Norse Nouns '
gneisti', German Nouns '
knistern'.
Translations