kompás
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See also: kompas
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French compas, from Medieval Latin compassus (“a circle, a circuit”), from Latin com- (“together”) + passus (“a pace, step, later a pass, way, route”).
Noun
[edit]kompás m (genitive singular kompáss, nominative plural kompásar)
Declension
[edit]| Declension of kompás | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| m-s1 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | kompás | kompásinn | kompásar | kompásarnir |
| accusative | kompás | kompásinn | kompása | kompásana |
| dative | kompás | kompásnum | kompásum | kompásunum |
| genitive | kompáss | kompássins | kompása | kompásanna |
Further reading
[edit]- “kompás” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)