bylgja

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse bylgja, from Proto-Germanic *bulgijō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ-.

Pronunciation

Noun

bylgja f (genitive singular bylgju, plural bylgjur)

  1. wave, billow
  2. something, which reminds of a wave

Declension

f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bylgja bylgjan bylgjur bylgjurnar
accusative bylgju bylgjuna bylgjur bylgjurnar
dative bylgju bylgjuni bylgjum bylgjunum
genitive bylgju bylgjunnar bylgja bylgjanna

Hyponyms

Further reading

Icelandic

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Etymology

From Old Norse bylgja, from Proto-Germanic *bulgijō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ-.

Pronunciation

Noun

bylgja f (genitive singular bylgju, nominative plural bylgjur)

  1. wave, billow
    Synonyms: hrönn, alda
  2. (physics) wave
  3. (orthography) tilde

Declension

Declension of bylgja (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bylgja bylgjan bylgjur bylgjurnar
accusative bylgju bylgjuna bylgjur bylgjurnar
dative bylgju bylgjunni bylgjum bylgjunum
genitive bylgju bylgjunnar bylgna, bylgja bylgnanna, bylgjanna

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bylgjan and bylgja.

Noun

bylgja f (definite singular bylgja, indefinite plural bylgjer or bylgjor, definite plural bylgjene or bylgjone)

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

Etymology 2

From the noun bylgje.

Verb

bylgja (present tense bylgjar, past tense bylgja, past participle bylgja, passive infinitive bylgjast, present participle bylgjande, imperative bylgja/bylgj)

  1. (intransitive) to billow
    • 1957, Åsta Holth, Fem år på Nuttila, Oslo: Norsk barneblad, page 95:
      Over hugua deira bylgja røyken som eit grått ullteppe.
      Over their heads, the smoke billowed like a gray woollen carpet.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bulgijō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ-.

Noun

bylgja f

  1. wave, billow

Declension

Declension of bylgja (weak jōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bylgja bylgjan bylgjur bylgjurnar
accusative bylgju bylgjuna bylgjur bylgjurnar
dative bylgju bylgjunni bylgjum bylgjunum
genitive bylgju bylgjunnar bylgna bylgnanna

Descendants

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “bylgja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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