lykja

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse lykja.

Pronunciation

Verb

lykja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative lukti, supine lukið)

  1. to shut, to close

Conjugation

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Synonyms

Noun

lykja f (genitive singular lykju, nominative plural lykjur)

  1. ampoule

Declension

    Declension of lykja
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lykja lykjan lykjur lykjurnar
accusative lykju lykjuna lykjur lykjurnar
dative lykju lykjunni lykjum lykjunum
genitive lykju lykjunnar lykja lykjanna

Synonyms


Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lukjaną (to close, shut) (see the related *lūkaną), from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (to bend, fold, turn). Doublet of lúka.

Verb

lykja (singular past indicative lukti, plural past indicative luktu, past participle luktr)

  1. to shut, to close

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Icelandic: lykja
  • Old Swedish: lykkia
  • Danish: lykke

References

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