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. to shear [with accusative]

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• rýja af
• rýja inn að skinninu, rýja inn að skinni (synonymous blóðmjólka, féfletta; to steal the shirt off someone's back)
• rýja inn að skyrtunni (synonymous blóðmjólka, féfletta; to steal the shirt off someone'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			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	rý	rúða		rýja	rýða
2nd person singular	rýr	rúðir		rýir	rýðir
3rd person singular	rýr	rúði		rýi	rýði
1st person plural	rýjum	rúðum		rýim	rýðim
2nd person plural	rýið	rúðuð		rýið	rýðið
3rd person plural	rýja	rúðu		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			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	rýjumk	rúðumk		rýjumk	rýðumk
2nd person singular	rýsk	rúðisk		rýisk	rýðisk
3rd person singular	rýsk	rúðisk		rýisk	rýðisk
1st person plural	rýjumsk	rúðumsk		rýimsk	rýðimsk
2nd person plural	rýizk	rúðuzk		rýizk	rýðizk
3rd person plural	rýjask	rúðusk		rýisk	rýðisk
imperative	present
2nd person singular	rýsk
1st person plural	rýjumsk
2nd person plural	rýizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: rýja

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “rýja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 344; also available at the 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