vestri

See also: Vestri

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛstrɪ/
    Rhymes: -ɛstrɪ

Noun

vestri m (genitive singular vestra, nominative plural vestrar)

  1. western (film set in the American West)

Declension
declension of vestri
m-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vestri vestrinn vestrar vestrarnir
accusative vestra vestrann vestra vestrana
dative vestra vestranum vestrum vestrunum
genitive vestra vestrans vestra vestranna

Adjective

vestri (comparative, superlative vestastur)

  1. Alternative form of vestari

Inflection
    comparative
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative vestri vestri vestra
accusative vestri vestri vestra
dative vestri vestri vestra
genitive vestri vestri vestra
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative vestri vestri vestri
accusative vestri vestri vestri
dative vestri vestri vestri
genitive vestri vestri vestri
    superlative (strong declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative vestastur vestust vestast
accusative vestastan vestasta vestast
dative vestustum vestastri vestustu
genitive vestasts vestastrar vestasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative vestastir vestastar vestust
accusative vestasta vestastar vestust
dative vestustum vestustum vestustum
genitive vestastra vestastra vestastra
    superlative (weak declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative vestasti vestasta vestasta
accusative vestasta vestustu vestasta
dative vestasta vestustu vestasta
genitive vestasta vestustu vestasta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative vestustu vestustu vestustu
accusative vestustu vestustu vestustu
dative vestustu vestustu vestustu
genitive vestustu vestustu vestustu

Latin

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈwes.triː/, [ˈwɛs.triː]

Pronoun

vestrī

  1. (objective) genitive plural of vōs
  2. genitive masculine singular of vester
  3. genitive neuter singular of vester
  4. nominative masculine plural of vester

Old Norse

Etymology

Originally a comparative form of the adverb vestr.

Adjective

vestri (comparative vestri, superlative vestastr)

  1. (comparative) more westerly
  2. (superlative) most westerly
    • liggja þessi lǫnd vestust
      these lands lie westernmost

Inflection

This word is one of a little handful of adjectives with defective inflection, existing only in the comparative and superlative forms.

    Declension of comparative of vestri
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative vestri vestri vestra
accusative vestra vestri vestra
dative vestra vestri vestra
genitive vestra vestri vestra
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative vestri vestri vestri
accusative vestri vestri vestri
dative vestrum vestrum vestrum
genitive vestri vestri vestri
    Strong declension of superlative of vestri
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative vestastr vestust vestast
accusative vestastan vestasta vestast
dative vestustum vestastri vestustu
genitive vestasts vestastrar vestasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative vestastir vestastar vestust
accusative vestasta vestastar vestust
dative vestustum vestustum vestustum
genitive vestastra vestastra vestastra
    Weak declension of superlative of vestri
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative vestasti vestasta vestasta
accusative vestasta vestustu vestasta
dative vestasta vestustu vestasta
genitive vestasta vestustu vestasta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative vestustu vestustu vestustu
accusative vestustu vestustu vestustu
dative vestustum vestustum vestustum
genitive vestustu vestustu vestustu

Coordinate terms

Descendants

References
  • vestri in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “vestri” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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