gígja
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Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse gígja, related to (and perhaps derived from) Middle Low German gīge; compare German Geige.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gígja f (genitive singular gígju, nominative plural gígjur)
Declension
[edit]Declension of gígja | ||||
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f-w1 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | gígja | gígjan | gígjur | gígjurnar |
accusative | gígju | gígjuna | gígjur | gígjurnar |
dative | gígju | gígjunni | gígjum | gígjunum |
genitive | gígju | gígjunnar | gígja | gígjanna |
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Related to (and perhaps derived from) Middle Low German gīge; compare German Geige. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
[edit]gígja f
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Icelandic: gígja
- Faroese: gíggja
- Norwegian Nynorsk: gige
- Norwegian Bokmål: gige
- Old Swedish: gīgha
- Swedish: giga
- Danish: gige
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Entry "gígja" on page 164 in: Geir T. Zoëga "A Concise Dictionary of Old Islandic", Oxford at the Claredon Press (1910).
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