systkin
Faroese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɪst͡ʃʰɪn/
Declension
n27 | Plural | |
Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | systkin | systkini |
Accusative | systkin | systkini |
Dative | systkjum | systkjunum |
Genitive | systkina | systkinanna |
Derived terms
- fostursystkin
- hálvsystkin
- leiksystkin
- samsystkin
- spælisystkin
- systkinabarn
- systkinaflokkur
Icelandic
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɪs(t)kɪːn/
Old Norse
Alternative forms
Etymology
Derived from systir (“sister”) (or more correctly an old adjectival form of it, *swes(t)riga-)[1] with the suffix *-īn(i)a indicating a relation between people as in the words feðgin (“a father and his daughter”) and mǿðgin (“a mother and her son”).[2][3] Unrelated to the English kin.
Declension
Derived terms
- systkinabǫrn n pl (“children of one's brother(s) or sister(s); nieces and nephews”)
- systkinadœtr f pl (“daughters of one's brother(s) or sister(s); nieces”)
- systkinadœtrasynir m pl (“sons of daughters of one's brother(s) or sister(s); great-nephews”)
- systkinasonr m (“son of a sister on one's father's side, or son of a brother on one's mother's side”)
Descendants
References
- “systkin”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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