sæti

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsaiːtɪ/
    Rhymes: -aiːtɪ

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sæti, from Proto-Germanic *sētiją. Confer the English seat.

Noun

sæti n (genitive singular sætis, nominative plural sæti)

  1. seat, a place to sit
    Fáðu þér sæti.
    Have a seat.
  2. a place or position on a list
    Kærastan mín er í öðru sæti.
    My girlfriend is in second place.
  3. haystack
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Etymology 2

Adjective

sæti

  1. the singular nominative masculine weak declension form of sætur (“sweet, nice, cute”)
    Hvað segirðu sæti?
    How are you cutie?

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *setiją, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sed-.

Noun

sæti n (genitive sætis)

  1. a seat
  2. a hay-rick

Declension

Descendants

  • Icelandic: sæti n
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sete n
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sete n

References

  • sæti in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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