gíggja

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse gígja, related to (and perhaps derived from) Middle Low German gīge; compare German Geige. Cognate with Icelandic gígja.

Pronunciation

Noun

gíggja f (genitive singular gíggju, plural gíggjur)

  1. (chiefly poetic) fiddle, violin; two or three stringed medieval bowed lyre

Declension

f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gíggja gíggjan gíggjur gíggjurnar
accusative gíggju gíggjuna gíggjur gíggjurnar
dative gíggju gíggjuni gíggjum gíggjunum
genitive gíggju gíggjunnar gíggja gíggjanna