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Meaning of -s | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. genitive singular ending of most strong masculine nouns
  2. genitive singular ending of a few strong feminine nouns
  3. genitive singular masculine/neuter strong of -ur (most adjectives)

Examples

“fiskur m (“fish”) + -s → fisks”
“jökull m (“glacier”) + -s → jökuls”
“svefn m (“sleep”) + -s → svefns”
“hús n (“house”) + -s → húss”
“vitni n (“witness”) + -s → vitnis”
“góður (“good”) + -s → góðs”
“latur (“lazy”) + -s → lats”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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