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Faroese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse bylgja, from Proto-Germanic *bulgijō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ-.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bylgja f (genitive singular bylgju, plural bylgjur)
Declension[edit]
Declension of bylgja | ||||
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f1 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | bylgja | bylgjan | bylgjur | bylgjurnar |
accusative | bylgju | bylgjuna | bylgjur | bylgjurnar |
dative | bylgju | bylgjuni | bylgjum | bylgjunum |
genitive | bylgju | bylgjunnar | bylgja | bylgjanna |
Hyponyms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- "bylgja" at Sprotin.fo
Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse bylgja, from Proto-Germanic *bulgijō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ-.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bylgja f (genitive singular bylgju, nominative plural bylgjur)
Declension[edit]
declension of bylgja
Derived terms[edit]
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Norse bylgjan and bylgja.
Noun[edit]
bylgja f (definite singular bylgja, indefinite plural bylgjer or bylgjor, definite plural bylgjene or bylgjone)
Etymology 2[edit]
From the noun bylgje.
Verb[edit]
bylgja (present tense bylgjar, past tense bylgja, past participle bylgja, passive infinitive bylgjast, present participle bylgjande, imperative bylgja/bylgj)
- (intransitive) to billow
- 1957, Åsta Holth, Fem år på Nuttila, Oslo: Norsk barneblad, page 95:
- Over hugua deira bylgja røyken som eit grått ullteppe.
- Over their heads, the smoke billowed like a gray woollen carpet.
Old Norse[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *bulgijō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ-.
Noun[edit]
bylgja f
Declension[edit]
Declension of bylgja (weak jōn-stem)
feminine | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | bylgja | bylgjan | bylgjur | bylgjurnar |
accusative | bylgju | bylgjuna | bylgjur | bylgjurnar |
dative | bylgju | bylgjunni | bylgjum | bylgjunum |
genitive | bylgju | bylgjunnar | bylgna | bylgnanna |
Descendants[edit]
- Icelandic: bylgja
- Faroese: bylgja
- Norwegian Nynorsk: bylgja, bylgju, bylgje, bølgje; (dialectal) bulgje
- Swedish: bölja
- Danish: bølge
- → Middle English: *bilowe, *bilewe, *bilwe, *bilȝe
- English: billow
References[edit]
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