bleikja

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bleikja, from Proto-Germanic *blaikijǭ.

Noun

bleikja f (genitive singular bleikju, nominative plural bleikjur)

  1. a pale colour
  2. light clay
  3. char (Salvelinus), especially Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus)
  4. Lyngbye's sedge (Carex lyngbyei) (in Carex subg. Carex)
Declension

Etymology 2

From Old Norse bleikja, from Proto-Germanic *blaikijaną, from *blaikaz, whence bleikur.

Verb

bleikja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative bleikti, supine bleikt)

  1. to bleach
Conjugation

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse bleikja, from Proto-Germanic *blaikijaną. Akin to English bleach.

Verb

bleikja (present tense bleikjer, past tense bleikte, past participle bleikt, passive infinitive bleikjast, present participle bleikjande, imperative bleik)

  1. (transitive) to bleach, whiten

Noun

bleikja f (definite singular bleikja, indefinite plural bleikjer or bleikjor, definite plural bleikjene or bleikjone)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of bleikje
  2. definite singular of bleikje

References

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *blaikijaną.

Verb

bleikja

  1. to bleach

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Icelandic: bleikja
  • Faroese: bleikja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bleikja
  • Old Swedish: blēkia
  • Danish: blege

References

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