"fóstra" meaning in Icelandic

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfoustra/
Rhymes: -oustra Etymology: From Old Norse fóstra (“foster mother; wetnurse”). Etymology templates: {{inh|is|non|fóstra||foster mother; wetnurse}} Old Norse fóstra (“foster mother; wetnurse”) Head templates: {{is-noun|@@}} fóstra f (genitive singular fóstru, nominative plural fóstrur) Inflection templates: {{is-ndecl|f}} Forms: fóstru [genitive, singular], fóstrur [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], fóstra [indefinite, nominative, singular], fóstran [definite, nominative, singular], fóstrur [indefinite, nominative, plural], fóstrurnar [definite, nominative, plural], fóstru [accusative, indefinite, singular], fóstruna [accusative, definite, singular], fóstrur [accusative, indefinite, plural], fóstrurnar [accusative, definite, plural], fóstru [dative, indefinite, singular], fóstrunni [dative, definite, singular], fóstrum [dative, indefinite, plural], fóstrunum [dative, definite, plural], fóstru [genitive, indefinite, singular], fóstrunnar [definite, genitive, singular], fóstra [genitive, indefinite, plural], fóstranna [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. (archaic or literary) foster mother Tags: archaic, feminine, literary
    Sense id: en-fóstra-is-noun-mw2wlVmI Categories (other): Icelandic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Icelandic entries with incorrect language header: 13 31 28 28
  2. nurse (woman hired to bring up a child) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-fóstra-is-noun-tu2i9qXY Categories (other): Icelandic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Icelandic entries with incorrect language header: 13 31 28 28
  3. a nursery school/pre-school/kindergarten caretaker/teacher (usually female; a man in such a role may also be called fóstri) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-fóstra-is-noun-v8yfh3Mj Categories (other): Icelandic entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Icelandic entries with incorrect language header: 13 31 28 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 26 36 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 32 40 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: fóstri, fóstur
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈfoustra/
Rhymes: -oustra Etymology: From Old Norse fóstra (“to foster; to nurse”). Etymology templates: {{inh|is|non|fóstra||to foster; to nurse}} Old Norse fóstra (“to foster; to nurse”) Head templates: {{head|is|verb|weak verb||third-person singular past indicative|fóstraði||{{{22}}}|supine|fóstrað||{{{33}}}|cat2=weak verbs|head=}} fóstra (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative fóstraði, supine fóstrað) Forms: fóstraði [indicative, past, singular, third-person], fóstrað [supine], no-table-tags [table-tags], fóstraður [masculine, nominative, singular], fóstruð [feminine, nominative, singular], fóstrað [neuter, nominative, singular], fóstraðir [masculine, nominative, plural], fóstraðar [feminine, nominative, plural], fóstruð [neuter, nominative, plural], fóstraðan [accusative, masculine, singular], fóstraða [accusative, feminine, singular], fóstrað [accusative, neuter, singular], fóstraða [accusative, masculine, plural], fóstraðar [accusative, feminine, plural], fóstruð [accusative, neuter, plural], fóstruðum [dative, masculine, singular], fóstraðri [dative, feminine, singular], fóstruðu [dative, neuter, singular], fóstruðum [dative, masculine, plural], fóstruðum [dative, feminine, plural], fóstruðum [dative, neuter, plural], fóstraðs [genitive, masculine, singular], fóstraðrar [feminine, genitive, singular], fóstraðs [genitive, neuter, singular], fóstraðra [genitive, masculine, plural], fóstraðra [feminine, genitive, plural], fóstraðra [genitive, neuter, plural], fóstraði [masculine, nominative, singular], fóstraða [feminine, nominative, singular], fóstraða [neuter, nominative, singular], fóstruðu [masculine, nominative, plural], fóstruðu [feminine, nominative, plural], fóstruðu [neuter, nominative, plural], fóstraða [accusative, masculine, singular], fóstruðu [accusative, feminine, singular], fóstraða [accusative, neuter, singular], fóstruðu [accusative, masculine, plural], fóstruðu [accusative, feminine, plural], fóstruðu [accusative, neuter, plural], fóstraða [dative, masculine, singular], fóstruðu [dative, feminine, singular], fóstraða [dative, neuter, singular], fóstruðu [dative, masculine, plural], fóstruðu [dative, feminine, plural], fóstruðu [dative, neuter, plural], fóstraða [genitive, masculine, singular], fóstruðu [feminine, genitive, singular], fóstraða [genitive, neuter, singular], fóstruðu [genitive, masculine, plural], fóstruðu [feminine, genitive, plural], fóstruðu [genitive, neuter, plural]
  1. to foster, to bring up, to nurture Tags: weak
    Sense id: en-fóstra-is-verb-i7DyOdQC Categories (other): Icelandic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Icelandic entries with incorrect language header: 13 31 28 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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    {
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    {
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}

Download raw JSONL data for fóstra meaning in Icelandic (9.3kB)

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