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bleikja
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Icelandic
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse bleikja, from Proto-Germanic *blaikijǭ.
Noun
bleikja f (genitive singular bleikju, nominative plural bleikjur)
- pale colour
- light clay
- char (Salvelinus), especially Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus)
- Lyngbye's sedge (Carex lyngbyei) (in Carex subg. Carex)
Declension
Etymology 2
From Old Norse bleikja, from Proto-Germanic *blaikijaną, from *blaikaz, whence bleikur.
Verb
bleikja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative bleikti, supine bleikt)
- to bleach
Conjugation
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
References
- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Norse bleikja, from Proto-Germanic *blaikijaną. Akin to English bleach.
Verb
bleikja (present tense bleikjer, past tense bleikte, past participle bleikt, passive infinitive bleikjast, present participle bleikjande, imperative bleik)
- (transitive) to bleach, whiten
Noun
bleikja f (definite singular bleikja, indefinite plural bleikjer or bleikjor, definite plural bleikjene or bleikjone)
References
- “bleikja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *blaikijaną.
Verb
bleikja
- to bleach
Conjugation
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Descendants
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “bleikja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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