eyðni

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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eyðni f (genitive singular eyðni, no plural)

  1. acquired immune deficiency syndrome; AIDS

Declension

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

Synonyms

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References

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  • 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