prettur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse prettr (“trick, deceit”), from Proto-Germanic *prattuz (“boastful talk, deceit”). Cognate with English prat.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpʰrɛhtʏr/
  • Rhymes: -ɛhtʏr

Noun

prettur m (genitive singular pretts, nominative plural prettir)

  1. trick, swindle, deceit

Declension
declension of prettur
m-s2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative prettur pretturinn prettir prettirnir
accusative prett prettinn pretti prettina
dative pretti prettinum prettum prettunum
genitive pretts prettsins pretta prettanna

Synonyms
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