njóla

See also: Njóla

Icelandic

Etymology

Related to nifl (“darkness”), and to the German Nebel (“fog”) (Old High German nebul) and Dutch nevel (“fog”), from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos ( > Ancient Greek νεφέλη (nephélē, “cloud, mist”), Latin nebula (“mist, fog”)).

Noun

njóla f (genitive singular njólu, no plural)

  1. (poetic) night
    Synonym: nótt f
    Antonym: dagur m

Declension

Declension of njóla (sg-only feminine)
singular
indefinite definite
nominative njóla njólan
accusative njólu njóluna
dative njólu njólunni
genitive njólu njólunnar

Derived terms

References

  • Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “njóla”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
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