bylgja
See also: Bylgja
Faroese
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse bylgja, from Proto-Germanic *bulgijō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ-.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbylgja f (genitive singular bylgju, plural bylgjur)
Declension
editf1 | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | bylgja | bylgjan | bylgjur | bylgjurnar |
accusative | bylgju | bylgjuna | bylgjur | bylgjurnar |
dative | bylgju | bylgjuni | bylgjum | bylgjunum |
genitive | bylgju | bylgjunnar | bylgja | bylgjanna |
Hyponyms
editFurther reading
edit- "bylgja" at Sprotin.fo
Icelandic
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse bylgja, from Proto-Germanic *bulgijō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ-.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbylgja f (genitive singular bylgju, nominative plural bylgjur)
Declension
editDerived terms
editNorwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Norse bylgjan and bylgja.
Noun
editbylgja f (definite singular bylgja, indefinite plural bylgjer or bylgjor, definite plural bylgjene or bylgjone)
Etymology 2
editFrom the noun bylgje.
Verb
editbylgja (present tense bylgjar, past tense bylgja, past participle bylgja, passive infinitive bylgjast, present participle bylgjande, imperative bylgja/bylgj)
- (intransitive) to billow
- 1957, Åsta Holth, Fem år på Nuttila, Oslo: Norsk barneblad, page 95:
- Over hugua deira bylgja røyken som eit grått ullteppe.
- Over their heads, the smoke billowed like a gray woollen carpet.
Old Norse
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *bulgijō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ-.
Noun
editbylgja f
Declension
edit Declension of bylgja (weak jōn-stem)
feminine | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | bylgja | bylgjan | bylgjur | bylgjurnar |
accusative | bylgju | bylgjuna | bylgjur | bylgjurnar |
dative | bylgju | bylgjunni | bylgjum | bylgjunum |
genitive | bylgju | bylgjunnar | bylgna | bylgnanna |
Descendants
edit- Icelandic: bylgja
- Faroese: bylgja
- Norwegian Nynorsk: bylgja, bylgju, bylgje, bølgje; (dialectal) bulgje
- Swedish: bölja
- Danish: bølge
- → Middle English: *bilowe, *bilewe, *bilwe, *bilȝe
- English: billow
References
editCategories:
- Faroese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Faroese terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰelǵʰ-
- Faroese terms inherited from Old Norse
- Faroese terms derived from Old Norse
- Faroese terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Faroese terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Faroese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese nouns
- Faroese feminine nouns
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- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Icelandic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰelǵʰ-
- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic 2-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɪlca
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɪlca/2 syllables
- Icelandic terms with homophones
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic feminine nouns
- is:Physics
- is:Orthography
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk feminine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk weak feminine nouns ending in -a
- Norwegian Nynorsk verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk weak verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk intransitive verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with quotations
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Norse terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰelǵʰ-
- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse nouns
- Old Norse feminine nouns
- Old Norse jōn-stem nouns