rýja

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈriːja/
• Rhymes: -iːja

Etymology 1

From Old Norse rýja. Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk rye, Swedish rya (whence Finnish ryijy). Probably from the same root as English rough.

Noun

rýja f (genitive singular rýju, nominative plural rýjur)

1. rag, cloth

   Synonyms: tuska, pjatla

Declension

Declension of rýja (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	rýja	rýjan	rýjur	rýjurnar
accusative	rýju	rýjuna	rýjur	rýjurnar
dative	rýju	rýjunni	rýjum	rýjunum
genitive	rýju	rýjunnar	rýja	rýjanna

Derived terms

• rýjateppi

Etymology 2

From Old Norse rýja, from Proto-Germanic *rūjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(H)rewH- (whence also Latin ruō, Lithuanian ráuti).

Verb

rýja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative rúði, supine rúið or rúð)

1. (transitive, with accusative) to shear

Conjugation

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Derived terms

• rýja af
• rýja inn að skinninu, rýja inn að skinni (synonymous blóðmjólka, féfletta; to steal the shirt off somebody's back)
• rýja inn að skyrtunni (synonymous blóðmjólka, féfletta; to steal the shirt off somebody's back)

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *rūjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(H)rewH- (see also Latin ruō, Lithuanian ráuti).

Verb

rýja (singular past indicative rúði, plural past indicative rúðu, past participle rúinn)

1. (transitive, of sheep) to pull the wool off

Conjugation

Conjugation of rýja — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	rýja
present participle	rýjandi
past participle	rúinn
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	rý	rúða
2nd-person singular	rýr	rúðir
3rd-person singular	rýr	rúði
1st-person plural	rýjum	rúðum
2nd-person plural	rýið	rúðuð
3rd-person plural	rýja	rúðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	rýja	rýða
2nd-person singular	rýir	rýðir
3rd-person singular	rýi	rýði
1st-person plural	rýim	rýðim
2nd-person plural	rýið	rýðið
3rd-person plural	rýi	rýði
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	rý
1st-person plural	rýjum
2nd-person plural	rýið

Conjugation of rýja — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	rýjask
present participle	rýjandisk
past participle	rúizk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	rýjumk	rúðumk
2nd-person singular	rýsk	rúðisk
3rd-person singular	rýsk	rúðisk
1st-person plural	rýjumsk	rúðumsk
2nd-person plural	rýizk	rúðuzk
3rd-person plural	rýjask	rúðusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	rýjumk	rýðumk
2nd-person singular	rýisk	rýðisk
3rd-person singular	rýisk	rýðisk
1st-person plural	rýimsk	rýðimsk
2nd-person plural	rýizk	rýðizk
3rd-person plural	rýisk	rýðisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	rýsk
1st-person plural	rýjumsk
2nd-person plural	rýizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: rýja

References

• rýja in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “868-71”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 868-71