kurteis

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French corteis.[1]

Adjective

kurteis (comparative kurteisari, superlative kurteisastur)

  1. polite
    Morðinginn var afar kurteis og baðst velvirðingar á því að hafa brotið vasann og drepið hundinn.
    The killer was most polite and apologized for breaking the vase and killing the dog.

Declension
    positive (strong declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative kurteis kurteis kurteist
accusative kurteisan kurteisa kurteist
dative kurteisum kurteisri kurteisu
genitive kurteiss kurteisrar kurteiss
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative kurteisir kurteisar kurteis
accusative kurteisa kurteisar kurteis
dative kurteisum kurteisum kurteisum
genitive kurteisra kurteisra kurteisra
    positive (weak declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative kurteisi kurteisa kurteisa
accusative kurteisa kurteisu kurteisa
dative kurteisa kurteisu kurteisa
genitive kurteisa kurteisu kurteisa
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative kurteisu kurteisu kurteisu
accusative kurteisu kurteisu kurteisu
dative kurteisu kurteisu kurteisu
genitive kurteisu kurteisu kurteisu
    comparative
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative kurteisari kurteisari kurteisara
accusative kurteisari kurteisari kurteisara
dative kurteisari kurteisari kurteisara
genitive kurteisari kurteisari kurteisara
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative kurteisari kurteisari kurteisari
accusative kurteisari kurteisari kurteisari
dative kurteisari kurteisari kurteisari
genitive kurteisari kurteisari kurteisari
    superlative (strong declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative kurteisastur kurteisust kurteisast
accusative kurteisastan kurteisasta kurteisast
dative kurteisustum kurteisastri kurteisustu
genitive kurteisasts kurteisastrar kurteisasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative kurteisastir kurteisastar kurteisust
accusative kurteisasta kurteisastar kurteisust
dative kurteisustum kurteisustum kurteisustum
genitive kurteisastra kurteisastra kurteisastra
    superlative (weak declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative kurteisasti kurteisasta kurteisasta
accusative kurteisasta kurteisustu kurteisasta
dative kurteisasta kurteisustu kurteisasta
genitive kurteisasta kurteisustu kurteisasta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative kurteisustu kurteisustu kurteisustu
accusative kurteisustu kurteisustu kurteisustu
dative kurteisustu kurteisustu kurteisustu
genitive kurteisustu kurteisustu kurteisustu

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Derived terms

References
  1. “kurteis” in: Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)
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