efja

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse efja, from Proto-Germanic *abjǭ (“ebb”). Cognate with English ebb.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛvja/
    Rhymes: -ɛvja

Noun

efja f (genitive singular efju, nominative plural efjur)

  1. (rare) mud
    Synonyms: for, leðja, drulla

Declension

Declension of efja (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative efja efjan efjur efjurnar
accusative efju efjuna efjur efjurnar
dative efju efjunni efjum efjunum
genitive efju efjunnar efja efjanna

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *abjǭ, itself derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“from, off, away”).

Noun

efja f

  1. mud, ooze

Declension

Declension of efja (weak jōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative efja efjan efjur efjurnar
accusative efju efjuna efjur efjurnar
dative efju efjunni efjum efjunum
genitive efju efjunnar efja efjanna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: efja
  • Faroese: evja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: evje
  • Norwegian: ave m (dialectal)
  • Old Swedish: æfia

Further reading

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