lengi

Friulian

Alternative forms

• lenzi (standard orthography)

Verb

lengi

1. Alternative form of lenzi

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse lengi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈleiɲcɪ]

  Rhymes: -eiɲcɪ

Adverb

lengi (comparative lengur, superlative lengst)

1. long (for a long time)

Usage notes

The adverb lengi is categorised as one of the tíðaratviksorð or “adverbs of time”.

Derived terms

• ekki lengur
• lengi lifi
• mega lengi lifa

Old High German

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *langī, from Proto-Germanic *langį̄; equivalent to lang (“long”) +‎ -ī.

Noun

lengī f

1. length

Declension

Declension of lengī (īn-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	lengī	—
accusative	lengī	—
genitive	lengī	—
dative	lengī	—

Descendants

• Middle High German: lenge
  • Alemannic German: Längi
    • Alsatian: Länga
    • Swabian: Läng
  • Bavarian: Läng, Leng
  • Central Franconian: Läng, Leng

    Hunsrik: Leng

  • German: Länge
  • Rhine Franconian: Läng, Leng
    • Palatine German: Läng
    • Pennsylvania German: Leng
  • Vilamovian: łeń
  • Yiddish: לענג (leng)

Old Norse

Etymology

Possibly from an accusative case form of Proto-Germanic *langį̄.

Adverb

lengi (comparative lengr, superlative lengst)

1. long (for a long time)

Descendants

• Danish: længe
• Faroese: leingi
• Icelandic: lengi
• Norwegian: lenge (Bokmål), lenge (Nynorsk)
• Swedish: länge

References

• “lengi”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press