ný-
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ny"
Icelandic
Etymology
From nýr (“new”).
Prefix
ný-
Usage notes
- The prefix ný- may be prefixed to almost every past participle (e.g. nýfæddur (“new-born”) from the past participle fæddur of fæða (“to give birth”)) and also to adjectives with a past participle sense.
Derived terms
- nýalinn (“newborn”)
- nýandaður, nýdáinn (“newly dead”)
- nýborinn (“newborn”)
- nýfarinn (“having newly gone”)
- nýfenginn (“just recovered”)
- nýfenni
- nýfæddur (“newborn”)
- nýgiftur (“newly married”)
- nýgotinn (“newly dropped”)
- nýgrafinn (“newly buried”)
- nýjarðaður (“newly buried”)
- nýkominn (“having just arrived”)
- nýmjólk
- nýorðinn (“having just happened”)
- nýskýrður (“newly christened”)
- nýsnævi
- nývaknaður (“newly wakened”)
- nývirki