þjónusta
Icelandic
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse þjónusta, þjónasta, from Proto-Germanic *þewanōstaz.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editþjónusta f (genitive singular þjónustu, nominative plural þjónustur)
- (uncountable) a service
- Synonym: afgreiðsla
- (countable, dated) a maid (female servant)
- Synonym: þjónustustúlka
Declension
editDeclension of þjónusta (feminine)
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | þjónusta | þjónustan | þjónustur | þjónusturnar |
accusative | þjónustu | þjónustuna | þjónustur | þjónusturnar |
dative | þjónustu | þjónustunni | þjónustum | þjónustunum |
genitive | þjónustu | þjónustunnar | þjónusta | þjónustanna |
Old Norse
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *þewanōstaz, made from *þewanōną, whence Old Norse þjóna.
Noun
editþjónusta f
Declension
edit Declension of þjónusta (weak ōn-stem)
feminine | singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | þjónusta | þjónustan | þjónustur | þjónusturnar |
accusative | þjónustu | þjónustuna | þjónustur | þjónusturnar |
dative | þjónustu | þjónustunni | þjónustum | þjónustunum |
genitive | þjónustu | þjónustunnar | þjónustna | þjónustnanna |
Derived terms
edit- þjónostubundinn (“bound in service or allegiance”)
- þjónostuembætti n (“divine service”)
- þjónostufolk n (“servant-folk”)
- þjónostufullr (“serviceable, ready to serve”)
- þjónostugjǫld n pl (“wages for service”)
- þjónostugørð f (“divine service”)
- þjónostukona f (“female service”)
- þjónostulauss (“without sacrament; without divine service”)
- þjónostumaðr m (“man-servant”)
- þjónostumjúkr (“officious, obliging”)
- þjónostumær f (“maid servant”)
- þjónostusamr (“ready to serve”)
- þjónostusemd f (“readiness to serve”)
- þjónostuskyldr (“in duty bound”)
- þjónostusveinn m (“page, male servant”)
- þjónostutekja f (“taking of the sacrament”)
- þjónostuverk n (“performance of service”)
Descendants
editAlso descendants of þénasta.
References
edit- þjónusta in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse nouns
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