eyðni

Icelandic edit

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eyðni

Etymology edit

From eyða (“to destroy”) +‎ -ni (“nominal suffix”), referring to the destruction of the immune system and chosen also as phono-semantic matching of English AIDS.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈeiðnɪ/
Rhymes: -eiðnɪ

Noun edit

eyðni f (genitive singular eyðni, no plural)

acquired immune deficiency syndrome; AIDS

Declension edit

declension of eyðni

	indefinite	definite
f-w2	singular
nominative	eyðni	eyðnin
accusative	eyðni	eyðnina
dative	eyðni	eyðninni
genitive	eyðni	eyðninnar

Synonyms edit

(AIDS): alnæmi

References edit

Sapir, Yair, Zuckermann, Ghil'ad (2008) “Icelandic: Phonosemantic matching”, in Judith Rosenhouse & Rotem Kowner, editors, Globally speaking: Motives for adopting English vocabulary in other languages‎^[1], Clevedon-Buffalo-Toronto: Multilingual Matters, pages 19–43