Noun: dylgja
Gender:
Declension:
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | dylgja |
| Sg. Def. | dylgjan |
| Pl. Indef. | dylgjur |
| Pl. Def. | dylgjurnar |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | dylgju |
| Sg. Def. | dylgjunnar |
| Pl. Indef. | dylgna; dylgja |
| Pl. Def. | dylgnanna; dylgjanna |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | dylgju |
| Sg. Def. | dylgjunni |
| Pl. Indef. | dylgjum |
| Pl. Def. | dylgjunum |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | dylgju |
| Sg. Def. | dylgjuna |
| Pl. Indef. | dylgjur |
| Pl. Def. | dylgjurnar |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like dylgja
sylgja,
skækja,
slægja,
áhyggja,
skikkja,
handsprengja,
kuldabylgja,
hljóðbylgja,
kjarnasprengja,
gígja,
rækja,
þyngdarbylgja,
örbylgja,
sprengja,
kjarnorkusprengja,
deigja,
atómsprengja,
dyrgja,
jarðsprengja,
risarækja, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Norse dylgja (“enmity, hostility”), to the same root as dólgur (“bully”), from Old Norse dolgr (“enemy”), originally from a Proto-Germanic *dula stem, an ablaut biform to the stem of Icelandic dvali, Swedish dvala (“dormancy”). Cognate to Old Swedish dylghia (“enmity”), Swedish döddölja, dödölja (“enemy revenant”), dulga (“unclarity, secrecy”), duls- (“secrecy, denial”), dölja (“hide”), dolt (“hidden”), dolsk (“sneaky”), doll (“confused, mad, crazy”). See: Old Norse Nouns '
dylgja', Old Norse Nouns '
dolgr', Icelandic Nouns '
dvali', Swedish Nouns '
dvala'.
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