upphaf

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse upphaf.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʏhp.haːv/

Noun

upphaf n (genitive singular upphafs, no plural)

beginning, start
- Icelandic translation of Genesis 1:1
  Í upphafi skapaði Guð himin og jörð.
  In the beginning God created heaven and earth.

Declension

declension of upphaf

	indefinite	definite
n-s	singular
nominative	upphaf	upphafið
accusative	upphaf	upphafið
dative	upphafi	upphafinu
genitive	upphafs	upphafsins

Derived terms

upphafsskjár

Old Norse

Etymology

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Noun

upphaf n

beginning
- Gospel of John 1,1 (from "Homiliu-Bók. Isländska Homilier" ed. Wisén 1872)
  Í upphafi var orð ok orð var með guði ok guð var orð.
advancement, honour

Declension

Declension of upphaf (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	upphaf	upphafit	upphǫf	upphǫfin
accusative	upphaf	upphafit	upphǫf	upphǫfin
dative	upphafi	upphafinu	upphǫfum	upphǫfunum
genitive	upphafs	upphafsins	upphafa	upphafanna

Derived terms

upphafari m (“founder”)
upphafligr (“original”)
upphafning f (“elevation, pride”)
upphafsmaðr m (“author, originator”)
upphafsstafr m (“initial letter”)

Descendants

Icelandic: upphaf
Faroese: upphav
Norwegian Nynorsk: opphav, upphav (until 1938)
Old Danish: ophav
- Danish: ophav
  - Norwegian Bokmål: opphav
Old Swedish: uphof
- Swedish: upphov, upphof (until 1906)

References

upphaf in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

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