setr

See also: šetř

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English setter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɛtr̩]
• Rhymes: -ɛtr̩

Noun

setr m anim

1. setter (a breed of gun dog / gundog)

   Synonyms: stavěč, stavěcí pes

Declension

Declension of setr (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	setr	setři
genitive	setra	setrů
dative	setrovi, setru	setrům
accusative	setra	setry
vocative	setře	setři
locative	setrovi, setru	setrech
instrumental	setrem	setry

Further reading

• “setr”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “setr”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “setr”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• sætr

Etymology 1

Related to sitja (“to sit”).

Noun

setr n

1. seat, residence
2. (of the Sun) setting
3. (in Norway) mountain pastures, dairy lands

Declension

  Declension of setr (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	setr	setrit	setr	setrin
accusative	setr	setrit	setr	setrin
dative	setri	setrinu	setrum	setrunum
genitive	setrs	setrsins	setra	setranna

Descendants

• Norwegian Bokmål: seter m or f
• Norwegian Nynorsk: seter f
• Old Swedish: sǣter
  • Swedish: säter
• Danish: sæter

Etymology 2

Verb

setr

1. second/third-person singular present indicative active of setja

References

• “setr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press