birkja

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

birkja f (definite singular birkja, indefinite plural birkjer or birkjor, definite plural birkjene or birkjone)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of bjørkje
  2. definite singular of birkje (non-standard since 2012)

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *birkijǭ.

Noun

birkja f (genitive birkju)

  1. birch juice
Declension
  Declension of birkja (weak jōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative birkja birkjan birkjur birkjurnar
accusative birkju birkjuna birkjur birkjurnar
dative birkju birkjunni birkjum birkjunum
genitive birkju birkjunnar birkna birknanna
Descendants
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: byrkje, birkje, bjørkje
References
  • “birkja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 2

From bǫrkr (“bark”).

Verb

birkja (singular past indicative birkti, plural past indicative birkta, past participle birktr)

  1. to bark, to strip off the bark from a tree
Conjugation
Conjugation of birkja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive birkja
present participle birkjandi
past participle birktr
indicative present past
1st-person singular birki birkta
2nd-person singular birkir birktir
3rd-person singular birkir birkti
1st-person plural birkjum birktum
2nd-person plural birkið birktuð
3rd-person plural birkja birktu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular birkja birkta
2nd-person singular birkir birktir
3rd-person singular birki birkti
1st-person plural birkim birktim
2nd-person plural birkið birktið
3rd-person plural birki birkti
imperative present
2nd-person singular birk, birki
1st-person plural birkjum
2nd-person plural birkið
Conjugation of birkja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive birkjask
present participle birkjandisk
past participle birkzk
indicative present past
1st-person singular birkjumk birktumk
2nd-person singular birkisk birktisk
3rd-person singular birkisk birktisk
1st-person plural birkjumsk birktumsk
2nd-person plural birkizk birktuzk
3rd-person plural birkjask birktusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular birkjumk birktumk
2nd-person singular birkisk birktisk
3rd-person singular birkisk birktisk
1st-person plural birkimsk birktimsk
2nd-person plural birkizk birktizk
3rd-person plural birkisk birktisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular birksk, birkisk
1st-person plural birkjumsk
2nd-person plural birkizk
Descendants
References
  • “birkja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “birkja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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