dynja

See also: Dynja

Albanian

Etymology

From Turkish dünya, from Ottoman Turkish دنیا (dünyâ), from Arabic دُنْيَا (dunyā).

Noun

dynja f (definite dynjaja)

  1. (colloquial) world

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “dynja”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary[2]
  • dynja”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse dynja, from Proto-Germanic *dunjaną (to rumble, make a roaring sound).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɪnja/
    Rhymes: -ɪnja

Verb

dynja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative dundi, supine dunið)

  1. (intransitive) to resound, to boom, to reverberate
    Synonyms: duna, drynja, ymja, glymja, bylja
  2. (intransitive, of wind) to howl, to roar

Conjugation

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dynja – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur dynja
supine sagnbót dunið
present participle
dynjandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég dyn dundi dynji dyndi
þú dynur dundir dynjir dyndir
hann, hún, það dynur dundi dynji dyndi
plural við dynjum dundum dynjum dyndum
þið dynjið dunduð dynjið dynduð
þeir, þær, þau dynja dundu dynji dyndu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú dyn (þú), dyndu
plural þið dynjið (þið), dynjiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse dynja.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²dʏnjɑ/

Verb

dynja (present tense dyn, past tense dunde, past participle dunt, present participle dynjande, imperative dyn)

  1. to resound, to boom, to reverberate (make a loud, resonant sound, also figuratively)
    • 1894, Per Sivle, Svolder:
      So bar det laust med det Svolder-Slag, som dyn i vor Soga den Dag idag.
      Then erupted the battle of Svolder, which resounds in our history to this very day.

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