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yacht {n} (slick and light ship) | :: snekkja {f} |
yaffingale {n} (green woodpecker) SEE: green woodpecker | :: |
yaffle {n} (green woodpecker) SEE: green woodpecker | :: |
yaffler {n} (green woodpecker) SEE: green woodpecker | :: |
yah {adv} (yes) SEE: yes | :: |
yak {n} (ox-like mammal) | :: jakuxi {m} |
yam {n} (potato) SEE: potato | :: |
yam {n} (sweet potato) SEE: sweet potato | :: |
Yang-tzŭ {prop} (Yangtze) SEE: Yangtze | :: |
Yangtze {prop} (river) | :: Jangtse |
Yaoundé {prop} (capital of Cameroon) | :: Jánde |
Yard {prop} (Jamaica) SEE: Jamaica | :: |
yarn {n} (fiber strand for knitting or weaving) | :: garn {n} |
yawn {v} (open the mouth and take a deep breath) | :: geispa |
yawn {v} (to present a wide opening) | :: gapa |
yawn {n} (the action of yawning) | :: geispi {m} |
yay {interj} | :: jei, vei |
yeah {particle} (yes) | :: já |
year {n} (time it takes for the Earth to complete one revolution around the Sun) | :: ár |
yearly {adj} (happening once every year) | :: árlegur, árviss |
yeast {n} (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) | :: ger {n} |
yech {interj} (yuck) SEE: yuck | :: |
yell {v} (shout (verb)) | :: hrópa, öskra, gala |
yellow {adj} (having yellow as its colour) | :: gulur |
yellow {adj} (lacking courage) | :: huglaus |
yellow {n} (colour) | :: gulur {m} |
yellow {v} (to become yellow or more yellow) | :: gulna |
yellow card {n} (card in sports) | :: gult spjald {n} |
yellowish {adj} (somewhat yellow) | :: gulleitur |
yellow-legged gull {n} (Larus michahellis) | :: klapparmáfur {m} |
Yemen {prop} (Republic of Yemen) | :: Jemen {n} |
yen {n} (unit of Japanese currency) | :: jen {n} |
Yerevan {prop} (the capital and largest city of Armenia) | :: Jerevan |
yes {particle} (word used to indicate agreement or acceptance) | :: já |
yes {particle} (word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement) | :: jú |
yesterday {n} (day before today) | :: gærdagur (often with a definite article; gærdagurinn; the adverb í gær is much more frequently used than the noun equivalent) |
yesterday {n} (the recent past) | :: gærdagur {m} (often with a definite article; gærdagurinn) |
yesterday {adv} (on the day before today) | :: í gær |
yesterday night {n} (last night) SEE: last night | :: |
yesteryear {n} (last year, see also: last year) | :: í fyrra |
yet {adv} (even) SEE: even | :: |
yew {n} (Taxus baccata) | :: ýviður {m} |
yew {n} (tree or shrub of the genus Taxus) | :: ýviður {n} |
Yggdrasil {prop} (the world tree in Norse mythology) | :: Yggdrasils |
Yiddish {adj} (of or pertaining to the Yiddish language) | :: jiddíska |
Yiddish {adj} (Jewish) SEE: Jewish | :: |
yield the ghost {v} (give up the ghost) SEE: give up the ghost | :: |
yield up the ghost {v} (give up the ghost) SEE: give up the ghost | :: |
yiff {interj} (sound a fox makes) | :: gagg {n} |
yin-yang {n} (vagina) SEE: vagina | :: |
Yitzchak {prop} (given name) SEE: Isaac | :: |
y'know {contraction} (short for you know) | :: þúst |
yodel {v} (to sing in such a way that the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal chest voice and falsetto) | :: jóðla |
yoga {n} (Hindu discipline) | :: jóga {n} |
yogurt {n} (a milk-based product thickened by a bacterium-aided curdling process) | :: jógúrt |
yoke {n} (wooden bar) | :: ok {n} |
yolk {n} (yellow of egg) | :: eggjarauða {f}, eggjablómi {m} |
yonder {adv} (in a distant, indicated place) | :: þarna |
yore {n} (time long past) | :: fyrir, langa, löngu |
York {prop} (city in North Yorkshire) | :: Jórvík {f} |
you {pron} (object pronoun: the group being addressed) | :: ykkur |
you {pron} (object pronoun: the person being addressed) | :: [familiar] þig, [polite, rare in modern Icelandic] yður |
you {pron} (subject pronoun: the group being addressed) | :: þið |
you {pron} (subject pronoun: the person being addressed) | :: þú [familiar], þér [polite, rare in modern Icelandic] |
you {pron} (one) | :: maður, mann |
you {determiner} | :: þið |
you {v} (to address using the more formal second-person pronoun) | :: þéra |
you and whose army {phrase} (you can't do all that on your own) | :: þú og hvaða her? |
you are welcome {phrase} (you're welcome) SEE: you're welcome | :: |
you are what you eat {proverb} (proverb) | :: þú ert það sem þú borðar |
you can't teach an old dog new tricks {proverb} (too old to change) | :: það er erfitt að kenna gömlum hundi að sitja (teaching an old dog to sit is a daunting task) |
you-know-who {pron} (known and unmentioned person) | :: þú-veist-hver |
young {adj} (in the early part of life or growth) | :: ungur |
young {n} (offspring (plural)) | :: ungviði {n} |
your {determiner} (belonging to you (singular; one owner)) | :: þinn |
your {determiner} (belonging to you (plural; more owners)) | :: ykkar |
you're welcome {phrase} (reply to thanks) | :: ekkert að þakka, það var ekkert, það var lítið, gjörðu svo vel, það er sjálfþakkað |
Your Majesty {pron} (Title of respect) | :: Yðar Hátign |
yours {pron} (possessive pronoun, singular) | :: þinn |
yours {pron} (possessive pronoun, plural) | :: ykkar |
yo-yo {n} (toy) | :: jójó {n} |
ytterbium {n} (chemical element) | :: ytterbín |
yttrium {n} (chemical element) | :: yttrín {?} |
yuck {interj} (uttered to indicate disgust) | :: oj |
Yugoslavia {prop} (former country in the Balkans) | :: Júgóslavía {f} |
yule {n} (Yule) SEE: Yule | :: |
Yule {prop} (the Christmas season) | :: jól {n-p} |
Yule log {n} (log burned on Christmas Eve) | :: jóladrumbur {m} |
Yule log {n} (log-shaped cake covered in chocolate) | :: jóladrumbur {m} |
yuppie {n} (young upwardly mobile urban professional person) | :: uppi {m} |