Noun: ekkja
Gender:
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | ekkja |
| Sg. Def. | ekkjan |
| Pl. Indef. | ekkjur |
| Pl. Def. | ekkjurnar |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | ekkju |
| Sg. Def. | ekkjunnar |
| Pl. Indef. | ekkna |
| Pl. Def. | ekknanna |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | ekkju |
| Sg. Def. | ekkjunni |
| Pl. Indef. | ekkjum |
| Pl. Def. | ekkjunum |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | ekkju |
| Sg. Def. | ekkjuna |
| Pl. Indef. | ekkjur |
| Pl. Def. | ekkjurnar |
Sample Sentences
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seðr gekk Svǫlnis ekkja / sundr
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at once the wife of Svǫlnir [= Earth] split asunder. [c. 850, Þjóðólfr of Hvinir, Haustlǫng, stanza 15]
Nouns inflected like ekkja
sylgja,
bryggja,
drykkja,
eikja,
hvirfingsdrykkja,
ofdrykkja,
dyrgja,
hringja,
fylgja,
birkja,
bylgja,
þykkja,
hyggja,
athyggja,
kirkja,
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *ainakjǭ, related to Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌺𐌻𐍃 (ainakls, “alone”).
Verbs referencing "ekkja"
Faroese Nouns
ekkja, Icelandic Nouns
ekkja, Swedish Nouns
änka, Danish Nouns
enke, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns
enke, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns
enke, Faroese Nouns
einkja, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns
ekkje.
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