kirkja

Faroese

Viðareiðis kirkja - the church of Viðareiði.

Etymology

From Old Norse kirkja, from Old English cirice, from Proto-Germanic *kirikǭ (whence also Old High German chirihha), from Byzantine Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón) (δόμα) ‘Lord's (house)’, from Ancient Greek κύριος (kúrios, “lord”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃʰɪr̥t͡ʃa/
  • Rhymes: -ɪr̥t͡ʃa
  • Homophone: kyrkja

Noun

kirkja f (genitive singular kirkju, plural kirkjur)

  1. church

Declension

Declension of kirkja
f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kirkja kirkjan kirkjur kirkjurnar
accusative kirkju kirkjuna kirkjur kirkjurnar
dative kirkju kirkjuni kirkjum kirkjunum
genitive kirkju kirkjunnar kirkja kirkjanna

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kirkja, from Old English cirice.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈcʰɪr̥ca/
  • Rhymes: -ɪr̥ca
  • Homophone: kyrkja

Noun

kirkja f (genitive singular kirkju, nominative plural kirkjur)

  1. church

Declension

Derived terms

References

Old Norse

Etymology

From Old English cirice, from late Proto-Germanic *kirikǭ, from Byzantine Greek κυριακόν (δόμα) (kuriakón (dóma), “Lord's (house)”), from Ancient Greek κύριος (kúrios, “lord”).

Noun

kirkja f (genitive kirkju, plural kirkjur)

  1. church (Christian house of worship)

Declension

Descendants

References

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