systkin

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse systkin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɪst͡ʃʰɪn/

Noun

systkin n pl (plurale tantum, genitive plural systkina)

siblings

Declension

n27	Plural
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	systkin	systkini
Accusative	systkin	systkini
Dative	systkjum	systkjunum
Genitive	systkina	systkinanna

Derived terms

Derived terms

fostursystkin
hálvsystkin
leiksystkin
samsystkin

spælisystkin
systkinabarn
systkinaflokkur

Icelandic

Alternative forms

systkini

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɪs(t)kɪːn/

Noun

systkin n pl (plurale tantum)

siblings; brother(s) and sister(s)

Declension

declension of systkin

	indefinite	definite
n-s	plural
nominative	systkin	systkinin
accusative	systkin	systkinin
dative	systkinum	systkinunum
genitive	systkina	systkinanna

Old Norse

Alternative forms

systkini

Noun

systkin n pl

brothers and sisters; siblings

Declension

Declension of systkin, (strong a-stem, plural only)

neuter	plural
neuter	indefinite	definite
nominative	systkin	systkinin
accusative	systkin	systkinin
dative	systkinum	systkinunum
genitive	systkina	systkinanna

Derived terms

systkinabǫrn n pl (“children of one's brother(s) or sister(s)”)
systkinadœtr f pl (“daughters of one's brother(s) or sister(s)”)
systkinadœtrasynir m pl (“sons of daughters of one's brother(s) or sister(s)”)
systkinasonr m (“son of a sister on one's father side, or son of a brother on one's mother side”)

Descendants

Faroese: systkin
Icelandic: systkin
Norwegian Bokmål: søsken
Norwegian Nynorsk: sysken, søsken
Old Danish: syzkini
- Danish: søskende (plurale tantum)
Scots: sutchkin

References

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

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