klígja

Icelandic

Etymology 1

Noun

klígja f (genitive singular klígju, no plural)

1. nausea

Declension

Declension of klígja (sg-only feminine)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	klígja	klígjan
accusative	klígju	klígjuna
dative	klígju	klígjunni
genitive	klígju	klígjunnar

Etymology 2

Verb

klígja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative klígjaði, supine klígjað)

1. (impersonal) to cause to feel sick or nauseated [with accusative ‘someone’] (idiomatically translated as "feel sick/nauseated" with the accusative object as the subject)

Further reading

• “klígja” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)