festing
Icelandic
Etymology
From festa (“to fasten”) + ing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɛstiŋk/
Noun
festing f (genitive singular festingar, nominative plural festingar)
- fastening, fastener, something which fastens
- firmament syn.
- Genesis 1-3 (English, Icelandic)
- Guð sagði: „Verði festing milli vatnanna, og hún greini vötn frá vötnum.“
- And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
- Guð sagði: „Verði festing milli vatnanna, og hún greini vötn frá vötnum.“
- Genesis 1-3 (English, Icelandic)
Declension
declension of festing
f-s1 | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | festing | festingin | festingar | festingarnar |
accusative | festingu | festinguna | festingar | festingarnar |
dative | festingu | festingunni | festingum | festingunum |
genitive | festingar | festingarinnar | festinga | festinganna |
Synonyms
- (firmament): def. himinhvel, himinhvolf, andlangur, himinn