kyrkja

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kyrkja, kvirkja, from Proto-Germanic *kwirkijaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

kyrkja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kyrkti, supine kyrkt)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to strangle, to choke
    Synonym: kæfa

Conjugation

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Old Norse kirkja, kyrkja, from Old English cirice, from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, from Byzantine Greek κυριακόν (δόμα) (kuriakón (dóma), Lord's (house)), from Ancient Greek κύριος (kúrios, lord).

Pronunciation

Noun

kyrkja f (definite singular kyrkja, indefinite plural kyrkjer or kyrkjor, definite plural kyrkjene or kyrkjone)

  1. a church ((pre-2012) alternative form of kyrkje)

Noun

kyrkja f sg

  1. definite feminine singular of kyrkje

Etymology 2

From Old Norse kyrkja, from Proto-Germanic *kwirkijaną.

Alternative forms

Verb

kyrkja (present tense kyrkjer, past tense kyrkte, past participle kyrkt, passive infinitive kyrkjast, present participle kyrkjande, imperative kyrk)

  1. (transitive) to strangle

References

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *kwirkijaną (to strangle).

Alternative forms

Verb

kyrkja (singular past indicative kyrkti, plural past indicative kyrktu, past participle kyrktr)

  1. (transitive) to choke, strangle
Conjugation
Descendants

Etymology 2

Noun

kyrkja f (genitive kyrkju)

  1. Alternative form of kirkja
Declension

References

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