kasheitur

Icelandic

Etymology

From a nautical lexicon, from kös (“heap [of fish]”) +‎ heitur (“hot”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkaːsˌheiːtʏr/

Adjective

kasheitur

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    • 1950 Sjómannablaðið Víkingur ("the Fisherman Newspaper Viking")[2]
      Alltaf lagði sama væmna rotnunarþefinn upp úr kasheitum skipunum.
      Always the same cloying smell of decay emanated from the [heap-hot] ships.

Inflection
    positive (strong declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative kasheitur kasheit kasheitt
accusative kasheitan kasheita kasheitt
dative kasheitum kasheitri kasheitu
genitive kasheits kasheitrar kasheits
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative kasheitir kasheitar kasheit
accusative kasheita kasheitar kasheit
dative kasheitum kasheitum kasheitum
genitive kasheitra kasheitra kasheitra
    positive (weak declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative kasheiti kasheita kasheita
accusative kasheita kasheitu kasheita
dative kasheita kasheitu kasheita
genitive kasheita kasheitu kasheita
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative kasheitu kasheitu kasheitu
accusative kasheitu kasheitu kasheitu
dative kasheitu kasheitu kasheitu
genitive kasheitu kasheitu kasheitu

References
  1. Icelandic Web of Science: Hvað er þetta 'kas' þegar konur eru kasólettar? (“What does the kas in kasólettur mean?”)
  2. http://www2.lexis.hi.is/cgi-bin/ritmal/leitord.cgi?adg=daemi&n=688603&s=300195&l=kasheitur
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