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menning

menning

Faroese

Noun

menning f (genitive singular menningar, uncountable)

  1. development, progress
  2. (weather) increase of wind

Declension

f6s Singular
Indefinite Definite
Nominative menning menningin
Accusative menning menningina
Dative menning menningini
Genitive menningar menningarinnar

References

Jóhan Hendrik W. Poulsen, et al.: Føroysk orðabók. Tórshavn: Føroya Fróðskaparfelag 1998. (menning)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse menning (education)

Noun

menning f ‎(genitive singular menningar, nominative plural menningar)

  1. civilization, culture

References

  • menning in Hólmarsson et al.: Íslensk-ensk orðabók. 1989.

Old Norse

Etymology

From the verb menna (to make a man of someone, breed)

Noun

menning f

  1. breeding, upbringing, education

References

  • menning in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology

From menna (to develop, to increase), analogous to Old Norse menning.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛnːɪŋk]

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