ess – Faroese noun declension

Faroese noun forms of ess

Noun: ess
Gender: n

Nominative

Sg. Indef.ess
Sg. Def.essið
Pl. Indef.ess
Pl. Def.essini

Genitive

Sg. Indef.ess
Sg. Def.essins
Pl. Indef.essa
Pl. Def.essanna

Dative

Sg. Indef.essi
Sg. Def.essinum
Pl. Indef.essum
Pl. Def.essunum

Accusative

Sg. Indef.ess
Sg. Def.essið
Pl. Indef.ess
Pl. Def.essini

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like ess

kertiljós, posthús, sjónleikarhús, koyriljós, leikhús, háhús, krúss, pláss, ess, lás, hús, rís, slips, dagsljós, sjúkrahús, líkhús, ananas, snarljós, klaver, tinghús, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

From Danish es, from Middle Low German es, from Old French as, from Latin as. See: Danish Nouns 'es', Latin Nouns 'as'.

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