olja

Faroese

Etymology

From Latin oleum, from Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion), from Proto-Hellenic *élaiwon.

Noun

olja f (genitive singular olju, plural oljur)

1. oil

Declension

Declension of olja
f1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	olja	oljan	oljur	oljurnar
accusative	olju	oljuna	oljur	oljurnar
dative	olju	oljuni	oljum	oljunum
genitive	olju	oljunnar	olja	oljanna

Derived terms

• oljuvinna
• jarðolja
• brenniolja
• steinolja
• smyrjiolja
• fiskaolja
• plantuolja
• olivinolja
• salatolja

Related terms

• edikur
• smør
• fiti

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• (of noun) oljen
• (of verb) oljet

Noun

olja m or f

1. definite feminine singular of olje

Verb

olja

1. inflection of olje:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• oljen

Noun

olja m or f

1. definite feminine singular of olje

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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Noun

olja c

1. oil

Declension

Declension of olja
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	olja	oljan	oljor	oljorna
Genitive	oljas	oljans	oljors	oljornas

Related terms

• linolja
• oljekris
• oljemålning
• oljepanna
• oljeplattform
• oljetank
• oljetråg
• oljetryck
• petroleumolja

Verb

olja (present oljar, preterite oljade, supine oljat, imperative olja)

1. to oil

Conjugation

Conjugation of olja (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	olja		oljas
Supine	oljat		oljats
Imperative	olja		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	oljar	oljade	oljas	oljades
Indicative plural1	olja	oljade	oljas	oljades
Subjunctive2	olje	oljade	oljes	oljades
	Participles
Present participle	oljande
Past participle	oljad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• inolja
• oljning

See also

• smörja

Anagrams

• loja