hviða
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Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse hviða, from Proto-Germanic *hwiþō (“gust of wind”), from Proto-Germanic *hwi- (“to rush”), from Proto-Indo-European *kwei- (“to hiss, whistle, whisper”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hviða f (genitive singular hviðu, nominative plural hviður)
- gust, blast, burst (e.g. of wind, air, coughing)
- fit (of pain), seizure
- (usually in the plural) labor, labor pains
Declension
[edit]| Declension of hviða | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| f-w1 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | hviða | hviðan | hviður | hviðurnar |
| accusative | hviðu | hviðuna | hviður | hviðurnar |
| dative | hviðu | hviðunni | hviðum | hviðunum |
| genitive | hviðu | hviðunnar | hviða/hviðna | hviðanna/hviðnanna |
Synonyms
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- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Icelandic 2-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Icelandic terms with homophones
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɪːða
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɪːða/2 syllables
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic feminine nouns
- Icelandic countable nouns