veif

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /veiːv/
  • Rhymes: -eiːv

Noun

veif f (genitive singular veifar, nominative plural veifar)

  1. small flag
  2. (computing) a semaphore; (bit, token, fragment of code, or some other mechanism which is used to restrict access to a shared function or device to a single process at a time, or to synchronize and coordinate events in different processes)

Declension

Declension of veif (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative veif veifin veifar veifarnar
accusative veif veifina veifar veifarnar
dative veif veifinni veifum veifunum
genitive veifar veifarinnar veifa veifanna
  • stöðuvísir, stöðuveifa, veifa (flag) (computing)