eyðni

Icelandic

Etymology

From eyða (“to destroy”) +‎ -ni (“nominal suffix”), referring to the destruction of the immune system and chosen also as phono-semantic matching of English AIDS.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeiðnɪ/

  Rhymes: -eiðnɪ

Noun

eyðni f (genitive singular eyðni, no plural)

1. acquired immune deficiency syndrome; AIDS

Declension

declension of eyðni

f-w2	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	eyðni	eyðnin
accusative	eyðni	eyðnina
dative	eyðni	eyðninni
genitive	eyðni	eyðninnar

Synonyms

• (AIDS): alnæmi

References

• Sapir, Yair, Zuckermann, Ghil'ad (2008) “Icelandic: Phonosemantic matching”, in Judith Rosenhouse & Rotem Kowner, editors, Globally speaking: Motives for adopting English vocabulary in other languages‎^[1], Clevedon-Buffalo-Toronto: Multilingual Matters, pages 19–43