prestur

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse prestr, from Old English prēost, from Latin presbyter, from Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈpɹɛstʊɹ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛstʊɹ

Noun

prestur m (genitive singular prests, plural prestar)

  1. priest, minister

Declension
Declension of prestur
m6 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative prestur presturin prestar prestarnir
accusative prest prestin prestar prestarnar
dative presti prestinum prestum prestunum
genitive prests prestsins presta prestanna

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse prestr, from Old English prēost,[1] from Latin presbyter, from Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpʰrɛstʏr/
    Rhymes: -ɛstʏr

Noun

prestur m (genitive singular prests, nominative plural prestar)

  1. priest, minister

Declension
declension of prestur
m-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative prestur presturinn prestar prestarnir
accusative prest prestinn presta prestana
dative presti prestinum prestum prestunum
genitive prests prestsins presta prestanna

Derived terms

References
  1. “On Icelandic”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, 2011 September 6 (last accessed), archived from the original on 8 March 2014
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