hjá

See also: hjå and hja

Faroese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰɔɑː] [1]

Preposition

hjá (+ dative)

  1. at, by, with
  2. to paraphrase the genitive:
bilurin hjá Jógvan - John’s car

References
  1. Árnason, Kristján (2011) The Phonology of Icelandic and Faroese (The Phonology of the World's Languages) (in English), Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 116

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /çauː/
    Rhymes: -auː

Preposition

hjá

  1. by, near, next to, at (someone’s) place

Derived terms

Old Norse

Preposition

hjá

  1. (with dative) by, near, with

References
  • hjá in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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