systkin

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse systkin.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪst͡ʃʰɪn/

Noun

systkin n pl (plurale tantum, genitive plural systkina)

  1. siblings

Declension
n27 Plural
Indefinite Definite
Nominative systkin systkini
Accusative systkin systkini
Dative systkjum systkjunum
Genitive systkina systkinanna

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • fostursystkin
  • hálvsystkin
  • leiksystkin
  • samsystkin
  • spælisystkin
  • systkinabarn
  • systkinaflokkur

Icelandic

Alternative forms
  • systkini

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪs(t)kɪːn/

Noun

systkin n pl (plurale tantum)

  1. siblings; brother(s) and sister(s)

Declension
declension of systkin
n-s plural
indefinite definite
nominative systkin systkinin
accusative systkin systkinin
dative systkinum systkinunum
genitive systkina systkinanna

Old Norse

Alternative forms
  • systkini

Noun

systkin n pl

  1. brothers and sisters; siblings

Declension
  Declension of systkin, (strong a-stem, plural only)
neuter plural
indefinite definite
nominative systkin systkinin
accusative systkin systkinin
dative systkinum systkinunum
genitive systkina systkinanna

Derived terms
  • systkinabǫrn n pl (“children of one's brother(s) or sister(s)”)
  • systkinadœtr f pl (“daughters of one's brother(s) or sister(s)”)
  • systkinadœtrasynir m pl (“sons of daughters of one's brother(s) or sister(s)”)
  • systkinasonr m (“son of a sister on one's father side, or son of a brother on one's mother side”)

Descendants

References
  • systkin in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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