fóstra

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nounarchaicfeminineliterary
  1. archaic or literaryfoster mother
  2. nursewoman hired to bring up a child
  3. a nursery school/pre-school/kindergarten caretaker/teacherusually female; a man in such a role may also be called fóstri
verb
  1. to foster, to bring up, to nurture

Forms

Declension

singularplural
nominativefóstrafóstrur
genitivefóstrufóstra
dativefóstrufóstrum
accusativefóstrufóstrur

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