Part of speech: noun
Gender: masculine
Stem: -a/i-
1. strength, might; 2. talent, ability; skill, dexterity; 3. trick, fraud, deceit; 4. trade, handicraft, profession; 5. ship; boat; vessel, craft
Etymology
[Mod E CRAFT ← Prot-Germ *kraftuz, *krafti; O Fris kreft, kraft; O Sax kraft; Dt kracht; OHG kraft (Mod G Kraft); O Icel kraptr, kraftr (Mod Icel kraftur)]
Paradigm
1.1.1. (e) (mixed type -a-/-i-)
(subtype of -a- stem nouns)
This type of declension includes the nouns originally belonging to the -i- stemmed nouns, which transferred to -a- stemmed type: cræft (strength) (cf OHG kraft [-i-]), torr (tower) (cf OHG turri, [-i-], Lat turris).
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nouns, -a- stem (mixed type -a-/-i-), masculine gender
torr
(tower) |
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| singular | plural | |
| nominative | torr | torras |
| genitive | torres | torra |
| dative (instrumental) | torre | torrum |
| accusative | torr | torras |
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