belgja

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛlca/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlca

Etymology 1

Verb

belgja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative belgdi, supine belgt)

  1. to inflate, to blow up [with accusative]
Conjugation
belgja – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur belgja
supine sagnbót belgt
present participle
belgjandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég belgi belgdi belgi belgdi
þú belgir belgdir belgir belgdir
hann, hún, það belgir belgdi belgi belgdi
plural við belgjum belgdum belgjum belgdum
þið belgið belgduð belgið belgduð
þeir, þær, þau belgja belgdu belgi belgdu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú belg (þú), belgdu
plural þið belgið (þið), belgiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
belgjast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive nafnháttur að belgjast
supine sagnbót belgst
present participle
belgjandist (rare; see appendix)
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég belgist belgdist belgist belgdist
þú belgist belgdist belgist belgdist
hann, hún, það belgist belgdist belgist belgdist
plural við belgjumst belgdumst belgjumst belgdumst
þið belgist belgdust belgist belgdust
þeir, þær, þau belgjast belgdust belgist belgdust
imperative boðháttur
singular þú belgst (þú), belgstu
plural þið belgist (þið), belgisti1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
belgdur — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
belgdur belgd belgt belgdir belgdar belgd
accusative
(þolfall)
belgdan belgda belgt belgda belgdar belgd
dative
(þágufall)
belgdum belgdri belgdu belgdum belgdum belgdum
genitive
(eignarfall)
belgds belgdrar belgds belgdra belgdra belgdra
weak declension
(veik beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
belgdi belgda belgda belgdu belgdu belgdu
accusative
(þolfall)
belgda belgdu belgda belgdu belgdu belgdu
dative
(þágufall)
belgda belgdu belgda belgdu belgdu belgdu
genitive
(eignarfall)
belgda belgdu belgda belgdu belgdu belgdu

Etymology 2

Noun

belgja

  1. indefinite genitive plural of belgur

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *balgijaną, causative of *belganą. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (to swell).

Verb

belgja

  1. to inflate, puff out

Conjugation

Conjugation of belgja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive belgja
present participle belgjandi
past participle belgðr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular belgi belgða belgja belgða
2nd person singular belgir belgðir belgir belgðir
3rd person singular belgir belgði belgi belgði
1st person plural belgjum belgðum belgim belgðim
2nd person plural belgið belgðuð belgið belgðið
3rd person plural belgja belgðu belgi belgði
imperative present
2nd person singular belg, belgi
1st person plural belgjum
2nd person plural belgið
Conjugation of belgja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive belgjask
present participle belgjandisk
past participle belgzk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular belgjumk belgðumk belgjumk belgðumk
2nd person singular belgisk belgðisk belgisk belgðisk
3rd person singular belgisk belgðisk belgisk belgðisk
1st person plural belgjumsk belgðumsk belgimsk belgðimsk
2nd person plural belgizk belgðuzk belgizk belgðizk
3rd person plural belgjask belgðusk belgisk belgðisk
imperative present
2nd person singular belgsk, belgisk
1st person plural belgjumsk
2nd person plural belgizk

Descendants

  • Icelandic: belgja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: belgja, belga; (dialectal) bægje
  • Old Swedish: bælghia
  • Danish: bælle

Further reading

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