veira
Icelandic
editEtymology
editCoined by Director General of public health Vilmundur Jónsson in 1955 based on feyra (“putridness, mustiness; decay”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editveira f (genitive singular veiru, nominative plural veirur)
- virus (DNA/RNA causing disease)
- computer virus
Declension
edit| Declension of veira | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| f-w1 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | veira | veiran | veirur | veirurnar |
| accusative | veiru | veiruna | veirur | veirurnar |
| dative | veiru | veirunni | veirum | veirunum |
| genitive | veiru | veirunnar | veira | veiranna |
Synonyms
edit- (pathological virus): vírus
- (computer virus): vírus, tölvuveira, tölvuvírus
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