kista

See also: Kista and Kîsta

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kista, via Old English from Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈcʰɪsta/
  • Rhymes: -ɪsta

Noun

kista f (genitive singular kistu, nominative plural kistur)

  1. chest, box
  2. coffin

Declension
declension of kista
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kista kistan kistur kisturnar
accusative kistu kistuna kistur kisturnar
dative kistu kistunni kistum kistunum
genitive kistu kistunnar kista/kistna kistanna/kistnanna

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

kista f

  1. definite feminine singular of kiste

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

kista f

  1. definite feminine singular of kiste

Old Norse

Etymology

From Latin cista, itself from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē).

Noun

kista f

  1. a chest
  2. a coffin

Declension
  Declension of kista (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kista kistan kistur kisturnar
accusative kistu kistuna kistur kisturnar
dative kistu kistunni kistum kistunum
genitive kistu kistunnar kistna kistnanna

Derived terms

Descendants

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

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse kista.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɕɪsˌta/
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Noun

kista c

  1. box, chest
  2. casket, coffin
    sista spiken i kistan
    last nail in the coffin
  3. (slang) stomach
    Äta myror? — Ha ha, det är världens käk. Kittlar dödsskönt i kistan!
    You eat ants? — You better believe it. And you're gonna love the way they tickle. (Mowgli and Baloo, The Jungle Book, 1967)

Declension
Declension of kista 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kista kistan kistor kistorna
Genitive kistas kistans kistors kistornas
  • ekkista
  • gravkista
  • kistbeslag
  • kistbotten
  • kistebrev
  • kistlås
  • offerkista
  • penningkista
  • skattkista
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