setr

See also: šetř

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English setter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsɛtr̩]
  • Rhymes: -ɛtr̩

Noun

setr m anim

  1. setter (a breed of gun dog / gundog)
    Synonyms: stavěč, stavěcí pes

Declension

Declension of setr (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative setr setři
genitive setra setrů
dative setrovi, setru setrům
accusative setra setry
vocative setře setři
locative setrovi, setru setrech
instrumental setrem setry

Further reading

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Related to sitja (“to sit”).

Noun

setr n

  1. seat, residence
  2. (of the Sun) setting
  3. (in Norway) mountain pastures, dairy lands
Declension
Declension of setr (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative setr setrit setr setrin
accusative setr setrit setr setrin
dative setri setrinu setrum setrunum
genitive setrs setrsins setra setranna
Descendants
  • Norwegian Bokmål: seter m or f
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: seter f
  • Old Swedish: sǣter
  • Danish: sæter

Etymology 2

Verb

setr

  1. second/third-person singular present indicative active of setja

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “setr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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