ekkja

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse ekkja, from Proto-Germanic *ainakjǭ, related to Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌺𐌻𐍃 (ainakls, “alone”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛʰt͡ʃːa/

  Rhymes: -ɛʰt͡ʃːa

Noun

ekkja f (genitive singular ekkju, plural ekkjur)

1. (archaic) widow

Declension

Declension of ekkja
f1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ekkja	ekkjan	ekkjur	ekkjurnar
accusative	ekkju	ekkjuna	ekkjur	ekkjurnar
dative	ekkju	ekkjuni	ekkjum	ekkjunum
genitive	ekkju	ekkjunnar	ekkja	ekkjanna

Synonyms

• einkja

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse ekkja, from Proto-Germanic *ainakjǭ, related to Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌺𐌻𐍃 (ainakls, “alone”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛhca/

  Rhymes: -ɛhca

Noun

ekkja f (genitive singular ekkju, nominative plural ekkjur)

1. widow

Declension

declension of ekkja

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ekkja	ekkjan	ekkjur	ekkjurnar
accusative	ekkju	ekkjuna	ekkjur	ekkjurnar
dative	ekkju	ekkjunni	ekkjum	ekkjunum
genitive	ekkju	ekkjunnar	ekkna	ekknanna

Related terms

• ekkill

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)

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Old Norse

Alternative forms

• ekkia, ænkia

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ainakjǭ, related to Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌺𐌻𐍃 (ainakls, “alone”).

Noun

ekkja f

1. (poetic) maiden, lass
2. widow

Descendants

• Faroese: ekkja
• Icelandic: ekkja

See also

• hæll

References

• “ekkja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)