hjá

See also: hjå and hja

Faroese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse hjá.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰɔɑː][1]

Preposition

hjá (+ dative)

  1. at, by, with
  2. (in possessive constructions) of, belonging to:
    bilurin hjá Jógvan - John’s car

References

  1. ^ Árnason, Kristján (2011) The Phonology of Icelandic and Faroese (The Phonology of the World's Languages), Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 116

Icelandic

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse hjá.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /çauː/
    Rhymes: -auː

Preposition

hjá

  1. by, near, next to, at (someone's) place [with dative]
  2. (computing) at, @ (in email addresses)

Derived terms

Old Norse

Etymology

Originally the dative of *hjá (“household”) (from Proto-Germanic *hīwô), thus literally "at home"; compare hjú, hjó, hjón.

Preposition

hjá

  1. by, near, with [with dative]

Descendants

  • Icelandic: hjá
  • Faroese: hjá
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hjå
  • Old Swedish: hiā

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “hjá”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 199; also available at the Internet Archive
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