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hjá

See also: hjå and hja

Faroese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Norse hjá.

Pronunciation

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Preposition

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hjá (+ dative)

  1. at, by, with
  2. (in possessive constructions) of, belonging to:
    bilurin hjá Jógvan - John’s car

References

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  1. ^ Árnason, Kristján (2011) The Phonology of Icelandic and Faroese (The Phonology of the World's Languages), Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 116

Icelandic

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Norse hjá.

Pronunciation

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Preposition

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hjá

  1. (with dative) by, near, next to, at (someone's) place
  2. (computing) at, @ (in email addresses)

Derived terms

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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Originally the dative of *hjá (“household”) (from Proto-Germanic *hīwô), thus literally "at home"; compare hjú, hjó, hjón.

Preposition

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hjá

  1. (with dative) by, near, with

Descendants

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  • Icelandic: hjá
  • Faroese: hjá
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hjå
  • Old Swedish: hiā

References

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  • hjá in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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