birkja

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

birkja f (definite singular birkja, indefinite plural birkjer or birkjor, definite plural birkjene or birkjone)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of bjørkje
2. definite singular of birkje (non-standard since 2012)

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *birkijǭ.

Noun

birkja f (genitive birkju)

1. birch juice

Declension

Declension of birkja (weak jōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	birkja	birkjan	birkjur	birkjurnar
accusative	birkju	birkjuna	birkjur	birkjurnar
dative	birkju	birkjunni	birkjum	birkjunum
genitive	birkju	birkjunnar	birkna	birknanna

Related terms

• birki-
• birkinn (“birchen”)
• bjǫrk f (“birch”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: birkja
• Norwegian Nynorsk: byrkje, birkje, bjørkje

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “birkja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Etymology 2

From bǫrkr (“bark”).

Verb

birkja (singular past indicative birkti, plural past indicative birkta, past participle birktr)

1. to bark, to strip off the bark from a tree

Conjugation

Conjugation of birkja — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	birkja
present participle	birkjandi
past participle	birktr
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	birki	birkta		birkja	birkta
2nd person singular	birkir	birktir		birkir	birktir
3rd person singular	birkir	birkti		birki	birkti
1st person plural	birkjum	birktum		birkim	birktim
2nd person plural	birkið	birktuð		birkið	birktið
3rd person plural	birkja	birktu		birki	birkti
imperative	present
2nd person singular	birk, birki
1st person plural	birkjum
2nd person plural	birkið

Conjugation of birkja — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	birkjask
present participle	birkjandisk
past participle	birkzk
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	birkjumk	birktumk		birkjumk	birktumk
2nd person singular	birkisk	birktisk		birkisk	birktisk
3rd person singular	birkisk	birktisk		birkisk	birktisk
1st person plural	birkjumsk	birktumsk		birkimsk	birktimsk
2nd person plural	birkizk	birktuzk		birkizk	birktizk
3rd person plural	birkjask	birktusk		birkisk	birktisk
imperative	present
2nd person singular	birksk, birkisk
1st person plural	birkjumsk
2nd person plural	birkizk

Descendants

• Norwegian Nynorsk: berkja

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “birkja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
• “birkja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.