eigi

Faroese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈaiːjɪ/
Rhymes: -aiːjɪ
Homophones: eiði, Eiði, eiðið

Verb

eigi

first-person singular present of at eiga

Icelandic

Adverb

eigi

(dated) not

Synonyms

(not): ekki, ei (dated)

Verb

eigi

[he/she/it] owns, third-person singular subjunctive present tense of eiga ‘to own’
[I] own, first-person singular subjunctive present tense of eiga ‘to own’
[they] own, third-person plural subjunctive present tense of eiga ‘to own’

Old Norse

Adverb

eigi

not

Synonyms

ekki

Descendants

Danish: ej
Faroese: ei
Icelandic: eigi, ei
Norwegian: ei
Swedish: ej

References

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

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