kveisa

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kveisa, from a Proto-Germanic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰeydʰ- (“mud, filth”), see also Russian жи́дкий (žídkij), жи́жа (žíža).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

kveisa f (genitive singular kveisu, no plural)

  1. colic

Declension

Declension of kveisa (sg-only feminine)
singular
indefinite definite
nominative kveisa kveisan
accusative kveisu kveisuna
dative kveisu kveisunni
genitive kveisu kveisunnar

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “469”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 469

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

kveisa f

  1. definite singular of kveis

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

kveisa f

  1. definite singular of kveis
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