syfja

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Icelandic

Etymology 1

From Old Norse syfja, from Proto-Germanic *sufjōną.

Verb

syfja (weak declension: syfjaði – syfjað)

  1. (impersonal) to make sleepy, to cause sleepiness in (idiomatically translated as "feel sleepy" with the accusative object as the subject)
    Mig syfjar.
    I feel sleepy.
    (literally, “(It) makes me sleepy.”)

Etymology 2

Noun

syfja f (genitive singular syfju, no plural)

  1. sleepiness
Declension
Declension of syfja (sg-only feminine)
singular
indefinite definite
nominative syfja syfjan
accusative syfju syfjuna
dative syfju syfjunni
genitive syfju syfjunnar
Synonyms

Old Norse

Etymology

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Verb

syfja

  1. (impersonal) to make sleepy (idiomatically translated as "become sleepy" with the accusative object as the subject)
    Mik syfjar ― I grow sleepy (literally, “ makes me sleepy”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of syfja — impersonal, active (weak class 2)
infinitive syfja
past participle syfjaðr
indicative present past
3rd-person singular syfjar syfjaði
subjunctive present past
3rd-person singular syfir syfjaði

Descendants

  • Icelandic: syfja

Further reading

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