blæja

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplaiːja/

  Rhymes: -aiːja

Etymology 1

From Old Norse blæja, blægja, from Proto-Germanic *blahjǭ (“cloth”), further etymology unknown; possibly Proto-Indo-European *bʰlek- and related to Latin floccus. Doublet of bleia.

Related to German Plane and its Swiss doublet Blache (“tarpaulin”).

Noun

blæja f (genitive singular blæju, nominative plural blæjur)

1. veil

Declension

Declension of blæja (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	blæja	blæjan	blæjur	blæjurnar
accusative	blæju	blæjuna	blæjur	blæjurnar
dative	blæju	blæjunni	blæjum	blæjunum
genitive	blæju	blæjunnar	blæja	blæjanna

Derived terms

• blæjubíll

Etymology 2

Noun

blæja m

1. indefinite genitive plural of blær

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

blæja f (definite singular blæja, indefinite plural blæjer or blæjor, definite plural blæjene or blæjone)

1. definite singular of blæje (non-standard since 1938)
2. (pre-1938) alternative form of bleie