strauja

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See also: straujā

Icelandic

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Etymology

From Danish stryge (past strøg).

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Verb

strauja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative straujaði, supine straujað)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to iron, to press; to pass an iron over clothing to remove creases.
  2. (transitive, with accusative, computing) to format, to initialise; to prepare a mass storage medium for initial use, erasing any existing data in the process.
    Ég straujaði tölvuna mína og setti upp Linux.
    I formatted my computer and installed Linux.

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Latvian

Adjective

strauja

  1. inflection of straujš:
    1. genitive singular masculine
    2. nominative singular feminine