blæja

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈplaiːja/
    Rhymes: -aiːja

Etymology 1

From Old Norse blæja, blægja, from Proto-Germanic *blahjǭ (“cloth”), further etymology unknown; possibly Proto-Indo-European *bʰlek- and related to Latin floccus.[1] Doublet of bleia.

Related to German Plane and its Swiss doublet Blache (“tarpaulin”).[2]

Noun

blæja f (genitive singular blæju, nominative plural blæjur)

  1. veil
Declension
Declension of blæja (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative blæja blæjan blæjur blæjurnar
accusative blæju blæjuna blæjur blæjurnar
dative blæju blæjunni blæjum blæjunum
genitive blæju blæjunnar blæja blæjanna
Derived terms
  • blæjubíll

References

  1. ^ Szemerenyi, Scripta minora: selected essays in Indo-European, Greek, and Latin, Volume 2, p. 714
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “Blahjōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Noun

blæja m

  1. indefinite genitive plural of blær

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

blæja f (definite singular blæja, indefinite plural blæjer or blæjor, definite plural blæjene or blæjone)

  1. definite singular of blæje (non-standard since 1938)
  2. (pre-1938) alternative form of bleie
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