eggjan
Faroese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]eggjan f (genitive singular eggjanar, plural eggjanir)
- encouragement
- Synonyms: tileggjan, tilstuðling
Declension
[edit]| f2 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | eggjan | eggjanin | eggjanir | eggjanirnar |
| accusative | eggjan | eggjanina | eggjanir | eggjanirnar |
| dative | eggjan | eggjanini | eggjanum | eggjanunum |
| genitive | eggjanar | eggjanarinnar | eggjana | eggjananna |
Further reading
[edit]- "eggjan" at Sprotin.fo
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From eggja (“to incite”) + -an.
Noun
[edit]eggjan f (genitive -ar, plural -ir)
Declension
[edit]| feminine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | eggjan | eggjanin | eggjanir | eggjanirnar |
| accusative | eggjan | eggjanina | eggjanir | eggjanirnar |
| dative | eggjan | eggjaninni | eggjunum | eggjununum |
| genitive | eggjanar | eggjanarinnar | eggjana | eggjananna |
Further reading
[edit]- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “eggjan”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
Categories:
- Faroese terms inherited from Old Norse
- Faroese terms derived from Old Norse
- Faroese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese nouns
- Faroese feminine nouns
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Norse terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂eḱ-
- Old Norse terms suffixed with -an
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse nouns
- Old Norse feminine nouns
- Old Norse feminine i-stem nouns