njóla

See also: Njóla

Icelandic

Etymology

Related to nifl (“darkness”), and to the German Nebel (“fog”) (Old High German nebul) and Dutch nevel (“fog”), from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos ( > Ancient Greek νεφέλη (nephélē, “cloud, mist”), Latin nebula (“mist, fog”)).

Noun

njóla f (genitive singular njólu, no plural)

1. (poetic) night

   Synonym: nótt f

   Antonym: dagur m

Declension

Declension of njóla (sg-only feminine)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	njóla	njólan
accusative	njólu	njóluna
dative	njólu	njólunni
genitive	njólu	njólunnar

Derived terms

• Njóla
• njólubaugur

References

• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “njóla”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies