blæja

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Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse blæja, blægja, from Proto-Germanic *blahjǭ (“cloth”), further etymology unknown; possibly Proto-Indo-European *bʰlek- and related to Latin floccus.[1] Doublet of bleia.

Related to German Plane and its Swiss doublet Blache (“tarpaulin”).[2]

Noun

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blæja f (genitive singular blæju, nominative plural blæjur)

  1. veil
Declension
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    Declension of blæja
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative blæja blæjan blæjur blæjurnar
accusative blæju blæjuna blæjur blæjurnar
dative blæju blæjunni blæjum blæjunum
genitive blæju blæjunnar blæja blæjanna
Derived terms
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References

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  1. ^ Szemerenyi, Scripta minora: selected essays in Indo-European, Greek, and Latin, Volume 2, p. 714
  2. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “Blahjōn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Etymology 2

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Noun

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blæja m

  1. indefinite genitive plural of blær

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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blæja f (definite singular blæja, indefinite plural blæjer or blæjor, definite plural blæjene or blæjone)

  1. definite singular of blæje (non-standard since 1938)
  2. (pre-1938) alternative form of bleie
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