neisti

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Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse gneisti, from Proto-Germanic *gahnaistô (“spark”), from Proto-Germanic *ga- + Proto-Germanic *hnaistô (“spark”), perhaps from the ultimate (imitative) source of German knistern (“to crackle”).[1]

Noun

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neisti m (genitive singular neista, plural neistar)

  1. spark (of fire)
  2. very small lamb

Declension

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Declension of neisti
m1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative neisti neistin neistar neistarnir
accusative neista neistan neistar neistarnar
dative neista neistanum neistum neistunum
genitive neista neistans neista neistanna

Further reading

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  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “gnaistan”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 183
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