ratsjá

Icelandic

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English radar, analyzable as rata (“to find one’s way”) +‎ sjá (“to see”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈraːt.sjauː/

Noun

ratsjá f (genitive singular ratsjár, nominative plural ratsjár)

  1. radar device

Declension
declension of ratsjá
f-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ratsjá ratsjáin ratsjár ratsjárnar
accusative ratsjá ratsjána ratsjár ratsjárnar
dative ratsjá ratsjánni ratsjám ratsjánum
genitive ratsjár ratsjárinnar ratsjáa ratsjánna

Synonyms

References
  • Sapir, Yair, Zuckermann, Ghil'ad (2008) “Icelandic: Phonosemantic matching”, in Judith Rosenhouse & Rotem Kowner, editors, Globally speaking: Motives for adopting English vocabulary in other languages‎, Clevedon-Buffalo-Toronto: Multilingual Matters, pages 19–43
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