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kyrkja

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse kyrkja, kvirkja, from Proto-Germanic *kwirkijaną.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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kyrkja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kyrkti, supine kyrkt)

  1. to strangle, to choke [with accusative]
    Synonym: kæfa

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse kirkja, kyrkja, from Old English cirice, from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, from Byzantine Greek κυριακόν (δόμα) (kuriakón (dóma), Lord's (house)), from Ancient Greek κύριος (kúrios, lord).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kyrkja f (definite singular kyrkja, indefinite plural kyrkjer or kyrkjor, definite plural kyrkjene or kyrkjone)

  1. a church ((pre-2012) alternative form of kyrkje)

Noun

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kyrkja f sg

  1. definite feminine singular of kyrkje

Etymology 2

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From Old Norse kyrkja, from Proto-Germanic *kwirkijaną.

Alternative forms

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Verb

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kyrkja (present tense kyrkjer, past tense kyrkte, past participle kyrkt, passive infinitive kyrkjast, present participle kyrkjande, imperative kyrk)

  1. (transitive) to strangle
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References

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Old Norse

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Germanic *kwirkijaną (to strangle).

Alternative forms

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Verb

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kyrkja (singular past indicative kyrkti, plural past indicative kyrktu, past participle kyrktr)

  1. (transitive) to choke, strangle
Conjugation
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Descendants
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  • Icelandic: kyrkja
  • Faroese: kyrkja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kyrka, kyrke, kyrkja, kyrkje, kjørkje
  • Swedish: kyrka

Etymology 2

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Noun

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kyrkja f (genitive kyrkju)

  1. Alternative form of kirkja
Declension
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References

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  • kyrkja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press