veira

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Icelandic

Etymology

Coined by Director General of public health Vilmundur Jónsson in 1955 based on feyra (“putridness, mustiness; decay”).

Pronunciation

Noun

veira f (genitive singular veiru, nominative plural veirur)

  1. virus (DNA/RNA causing disease)
  2. computer virus

Declension

Declension of veira (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative veira veiran veirur veirurnar
accusative veiru veiruna veirur veirurnar
dative veiru veirunni veirum veirunum
genitive veiru veirunnar veira veiranna

Synonyms

References

  • Sapir, Yair, Zuckermann, Ghil'ad (2008) “Icelandic: Phonosemantic matching”, in Judith Rosenhouse & Rotem Kowner, editors, Globally speaking: Motives for adopting English vocabulary in other languages‎, Clevedon-Buffalo-Toronto: Multilingual Matters, pages 19–43
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