kvein

Icelandic

Etymology

Back-formation from kveina (“to wail; to lament”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰveiːn/
• Rhymes: -eiːn

Noun

kvein n (genitive singular kveins, nominative plural kvein)

1. wail, cry
2. lamentation, lament

Declension

declension of kvein

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kvein	kveinið	kvein	kveinin
accusative	kvein	kveinið	kvein	kveinin
dative	kveini	kveininu	kveinum	kveinunum
genitive	kveins	kveinsins	kveina	kveinanna

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Verb

kvein

1. past tense of kvina

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hvein.

Noun

kvein f (definite singular kveina, indefinite plural kveiner, definite plural kveinene)

1. a thin blade of grass
2. (collective) bentgrass
3. a strand of hair

Adjective

kvein (neuter kveint, definite singular and plural kveine, comparative kveinare, indefinite superlative kveinast, definite superlative kveinaste)

1. (about plant(s) or grass) thin, with few blades of leaves

References

• “kvein” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• kiven, kivne, knive, kvine, viken, vikne, vinke