æja
Icelandic edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse æja, probably from a Proto-Germanic *ahjaną, related to Sanskrit अशनाति (aśnā́ti, “eat”), Ancient Greek ἄκολος (ákolos, “morsel”).
Verb edit
æja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative áði, supine áð)
Etymology 2 edit
Likely from a Proto-Germanic *ahjǭ, related to æja (1).
Noun edit
æja f (genitive singular æju, nominative plural æjur)
- a small piece of something
Declension edit
declension of æja
Etymology 3 edit
From the interjection æ.
Verb edit
æja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative æjaði, supine æjað)
- to say æ; to complain in reaction to pain or disappointment
Conjugation edit
æja — active voice (germynd)
| infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að æja | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine (sagnbót) |
æjað | ||||
| present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
æjandi | ||||
| indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
| present (nútíð) |
ég æja | við æjum | present (nútíð) |
ég æi | við æjum |
| þú æjar | þið æið | þú æir | þið æið | ||
| hann, hún, það æjar | þeir, þær, þau æja | hann, hún, það æi | þeir, þær, þau æi | ||
| past (þátíð) |
ég æjaði | við æjuðum | past (þátíð) |
ég æjaði | við æjuðum |
| þú æjaðir | þið æjuðuð | þú æjaðir | þið æjuðuð | ||
| hann, hún, það æjaði | þeir, þær, þau æjuðu | hann, hún, það æjaði | þeir, þær, þau æjuðu | ||
| imperative (boðháttur) |
æja (þú) | æið (þið) | |||
| Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
| æjaðu | æiði * | ||||
| * Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. | |||||
Etymology 4 edit
Alteration of jæja.
Interjection edit
æja
- (slang, nonstandard) well, well then
References edit
- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
Probably from Proto-Germanic *ahjaną, related to Sanskrit अशनाति (aśnā́ti, “eat”), Ancient Greek ἄκολος (ákolos, “morsel”).
Verb edit
æja (present indicative ær, past indicative áði, past participle áðr)
- (intransitive) to rest and eat
- (transitive) to rest and feed
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of æja — active (weak class 1)
| infinitive | æja | |
|---|---|---|
| present participle | æjandi | |
| past participle | áðr | |
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | æ | áða |
| 2nd-person singular | ær | áðir |
| 3rd-person singular | ær | áði |
| 1st-person plural | æjum | áðum |
| 2nd-person plural | æið | áðuð |
| 3rd-person plural | æja | áðu |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | æja | æða |
| 2nd-person singular | æir | æðir |
| 3rd-person singular | æi | æði |
| 1st-person plural | æim | æðim |
| 2nd-person plural | æið | æðið |
| 3rd-person plural | æi | æði |
| imperative | present | |
| 2nd-person singular | æ | |
| 1st-person plural | æjum | |
| 2nd-person plural | æið | |
Conjugation of æja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
| infinitive | æjask | |
|---|---|---|
| present participle | æjandisk | |
| past participle | æzk | |
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | æjumk | áðumk |
| 2nd-person singular | æsk | áðisk |
| 3rd-person singular | æsk | áðisk |
| 1st-person plural | æjumsk | áðumsk |
| 2nd-person plural | æizk | áðuzk |
| 3rd-person plural | æjask | áðusk |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | æjumk | æðumk |
| 2nd-person singular | æisk | æðisk |
| 3rd-person singular | æisk | æðisk |
| 1st-person plural | æimsk | æðimsk |
| 2nd-person plural | æizk | æðizk |
| 3rd-person plural | æisk | æðisk |
| imperative | present | |
| 2nd-person singular | æsk | |
| 1st-person plural | æjumsk | |
| 2nd-person plural | æizk | |
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: æja
References edit
- æja in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.