menning
See also: Menning and -menning
Faroese
FWOTD – 9 December 2013
Etymology
From menna (to develop, to increase), analogous to Old Norse menning.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmɛnːɪŋk]
Noun
menning f (genitive singular menningar, uncountable)
- development, progress
- (weather) increase of wind
Declension
Declension of menning (singular only) | ||
---|---|---|
f6s | singular | |
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | menning | menningin |
accusative | menning | menningina |
dative | menning | menningini |
genitive | menningar | menningarinnar |
References
Jóhan Hendrik W. Poulsen, et al.: Føroysk orðabók. Tórshavn: Føroya Fróðskaparfelag 1998. (menning)
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse menning (“education”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛnːiŋk/
Noun
menning f (genitive singular menningar, nominative plural menningar)
- civilization, culture
Declension
declension of menning
f-s1 | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | menning | menningin | menningar | menningarnar |
accusative | menningu | menninguna | menningar | menningarnar |
dative | menningu | menningunni | menningum | menningunum |
genitive | menningar | menningarinnar | menninga | menninganna |
References
- menning in Hólmarsson et al.: Íslensk-ensk orðabók. 1989.
Old Norse
Etymology
From menna (“to make a man of someone, breed”) + -ing.
Noun
menning f
- breeding, upbringing, education
Declension
Declension of menning (strong ō-stem)
feminine | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | menning | menningin | menningar | menningarnar |
accusative | menning | menningina | menningar | menningarnar |
dative | menningu | menningunni | menningum | menningunum |
genitive | menningar | menningarinnar | menninga | menninganna |
References
- “menning”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press