kveisa

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kveisa, from a Proto-Germanic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰeydʰ- (“mud, filth”), see also Russian жи́дкий (žídkij), жи́жа (žíža).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰveiːsa/
  • Rhymes: -eiːsa

Noun

kveisa f (genitive singular kveisu, nominative plural kveisur)

  1. colic

Declension

Declension of kveisa (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kveisa kveisan kveisur kveisurnar
accusative kveisu kveisuna kveisur kveisurnar
dative kveisu kveisunni kveisum kveisunum
genitive kveisu kveisunnar kveisa kveisanna

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “469”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 469

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

kveisa f

  1. definite singular of kveis

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

kveisa f

  1. definite singular of kveis
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