Eystrasaltsland

Icelandic

Etymology

From Eystrasalt (“Baltic sea”) +‎ land (“country”). Eystrasalt means “Eastern ocean”; salt is here a poetic reference to an ocan.

Noun

Eystrasaltsland n

  1. a Baltic state (Estonia, Latvia, or Lithuania)

Usage notes

Usually always in the plural with a definite article: Eystrasaltslöndin (“the Baltic states”).

Declension
declension of Eystrasaltsland
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative Eystrasaltsland Eystrasaltslandið Eystrasaltslönd Eystrasaltslöndin
accusative Eystrasaltsland Eystrasaltslandið Eystrasaltslönd Eystrasaltslöndin
dative Eystrasaltslandi Eystrasaltslandinu Eystrasaltslöndum Eystrasaltslöndunum
genitive Eystrasaltslands Eystrasaltslandsins Eystrasaltslanda Eystrasaltslandanna
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.