Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse eyða, from Proto-Germanic *auþijaną. Related to the adjective auðr (empty, barren) ( > Icelandic auður).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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eyða (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative eyddi, supine eytt)

  1. to destroy, bring to nothing
    Allri borginni var gjörsamlega eytt í stríðinu.
    The entire city was completely destroyed in the war.
  2. to spend, waste
    Eyddu ekki tíma þínum í þess háttar vitleysu!
    Don't waste your time on that sort of nonsense!

Conjugation

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Noun

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eyða f (genitive singular eyðu, nominative plural eyður)

  1. a blank
    Vinsamlegast fyllið í eyðurnar.
    Please fill in the blanks.

Declension

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    Declension of eyða
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative eyða eyðan eyður eyðurnar
accusative eyðu eyðuna eyður eyðurnar
dative eyðu eyðunni eyðum eyðunum
genitive eyðu eyðunnar eyða/eyðna eyðanna/eyðnanna

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