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eyðileggja

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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Compound of eyði (deserted, abandoned) +‎ leggja (to lay, put). Compare leggja í eyði (to desert, abandon).

Verb

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eyðileggja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative eyðilagði, supine eyðilagt)

  1. to destroy, ruin, demolish [with accusative]
    Synonyms: skemma, rústa
    Er ég eyðileggja deitið?!Am I ruining the date?!

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  • Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “eyðileggja”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
  • Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
  • “eyðileggja” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)