kyn – Faroese noun declension

Faroese noun forms of kyn

Noun: kyn
Gender: n

Nominative

Sg. Indef.kyn
Sg. Def.kynið
Pl. Indef.kyn
Pl. Def.kynini

Genitive

Sg. Indef.kyns
Sg. Def.kynsins
Pl. Indef.kynja
Pl. Def.kynjanna

Dative

Sg. Indef.kyni
Sg. Def.kyninum
Pl. Indef.kynjum; kynum
Pl. Def.kynjunum; kynunum

Accusative

Sg. Indef.kyn
Sg. Def.kynið
Pl. Indef.kyn
Pl. Def.kynini

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like kyn

bromber, grasker, kirsuber, jarðber, oljuber, fyl, gil, ber, nev, kyn, riv, svartber, hindber, tranuber, reyðber, bláber, krossnev, stikkulsber, sólber, igulker, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

1. From Old Norse kyn, from Proto-Germanic *kunją, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to produce”).
2. Cognate with Icelandic kyn, Swedish kön, Danish køn, Norwegian kjønn, English kin, Dutch kunne. See: Old Norse Nouns 'kyn', Icelandic Nouns 'kyn', Swedish Nouns 'kön', Danish Nouns 'køn'.

Verbs referencing "kyn"

Norwegian Bokmål Nouns kjønn.

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