efja

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɛvja/
    Rhymes: -ɛvja

Noun

efja f (genitive singular efju, nominative plural efjur)

  1. mud

Declension
declension of efja
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative efja efjan efjur efjurnar
accusative efju efjuna efjur efjurnar
dative efju efjunni efjum efjunum
genitive efju efjunnar efja efjanna

Synonyms

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *abjǭ, itself derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“from, off, away”).

Noun

efja f

  1. mud, ooze

Declension
  Declension of efja (weak jōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative efja efjan efjur efjurnar
accusative efju efjuna efjur efjurnar
dative efju efjunni efjum efjunum
genitive efju efjunnar efja efjanna

Descendants
  • Icelandic: efja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: evje

References
  • efja in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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