Part of speech: noun
Gender: masculine
Stem: -u-
1. wood, timber; firewood; 2. wood, forest; grove; 3. tree; 4. poet ship, boat (also widu, wiodu)
Etymology
[Mod E WOOD ← Prot-Germ *widuz; cf O Sax widu-; OHG witu; O Icel viðr “wood; timber; tree; forest” (Mod Icel viður) ← Indo-Europ *ṷeidh-, *ṷidh-; O Ir fid “wood, forest”]
Paradigm
1.1.4. -u- stem nouns
This type of declension includes masc and fem nouns.
(a) short-stemmed versions: sun-, dur-
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nouns, -u- stem, masculine gender
sunu
(son) |
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| singular | plural | |
| nominative | sunu | suna, sunu, suno |
| genitive | suna | suna |
| dative (instrumental) | suna | sunum |
| accusative | suna | suna, sunu, suno |
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nouns, -u- stem, feminine gender
duru
(door) |
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| singular | plural | |
| nominative | duru | dura, duru, duro |
| genitive | dura | dura |
| dative | dura | durum |
| accusative | dura | dura, duru, duro |
(b) long-stemmed versions: feld-, hond-
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nouns, -u- stem, masculine gender
feld
(field) |
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| singular | plural | |
| nominative | feld | felda |
| genitive | felda | felda |
| dative | felda | feldum |
| accusative | felda | felda |
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nouns, -u- stem, feminine gender
hond
(hand) |
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| singular | plural | |
| nominative | hond | honda |
| genitive | honda | honda |
| dative | honda | hondum |
| accusative | honda | honda |
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