Noun: kyrkja
Gender: Feminine
Hyphenation:
Indefinite
| Sg. | kyrkja |
| Pl. | kyrkjer; kyrkjor |
Definite
| Sg. | kyrkja |
| Pl. | kyrkjene; kyrkjone |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like kyrkja
sylgja,
sydama,
snelda,
greidsla,
sjappa,
smyrja,
smikka,
smella,
smekka,
smørja,
skunda,
skuffa,
skutla,
skråma,
skorpa,
skeisa,
revebjølla,
muskedundra,
bleikja,
kassedama, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Norse kirkja, kyrkja, from Old English cirice, from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, from Byzantine Greek κυριακόν (δῶμα) (kuriakón (dôma), “Lord's (house)”), from Koine Greek κύριος (kúrios, “lord”). See: Old Norse Nouns '
kirkja', Old English Nouns '
cirice'.
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