bylgja

See also: Bylgja

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse bylgja, from Proto-Germanic *bulgijō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɪʎt͡ʃa]

Noun

bylgja f (genitive singular bylgju, plural bylgjur)

  1. wave, billow
  2. something, which reminds of a wave

Declension

Declension of bylgja
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

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse bylgja, from Proto-Germanic *bulgijō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɪlca/
    Rhymes: -ɪlca
    Homophone: Bylgja

Noun

bylgja f (genitive singular bylgju, nominative plural bylgjur)

  1. wave, billow
  2. (physics) wave
  3. (orthography) tilde

Declension

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

bylgja f

  1. definite singular of bylgje

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bulgijō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ-.

Noun

bylgja f

  1. wave, billow

Declension

References

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