veill
Appearance
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]veill (comparative veilli, superlative veilastur)
- weak, fragile, delicate
- unreliable, untrustworthy
- Synonym: ótraustur
Declension
[edit]positive forms of veill
strong declension (indefinite) |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|---|
nominative | veill | veil | veilt | |
accusative | veilan | veila | ||
dative | veilum | veilli | veilu | |
genitive | veils | veillar | veils | |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | veilir | veilar | veil | |
accusative | veila | |||
dative | veilum | |||
genitive | veilla | |||
weak declension (definite) |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | veili | veila | veila | |
acc/dat/gen | veila | veilu | ||
plural (all-case) | veilu |
superlative forms of veill
strong declension (indefinite) |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|---|
nominative | veilastur | veilust | veilast | |
accusative | veilastan | veilasta | ||
dative | veilustum | veilastri | veilustu | |
genitive | veilasts | veilastrar | veilasts | |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | veilastir | veilastar | veilust | |
accusative | veilasta | |||
dative | veilustum | |||
genitive | veilastra | |||
weak declension (definite) |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | veilasti | veilasta | veilasta | |
acc/dat/gen | veilasta | veilustu | ||
plural (all-case) | veilustu |
Related terms
[edit]Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]ve- + heill (“healthy”). Compare vesall, úheill (English unwhole) and Latin vesanus.
Adjective
[edit]veill
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Categories:
- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic 1-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/eitl
- Rhymes:Icelandic/eitl/1 syllable
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic adjectives
- Icelandic comparable adjectives
- Old Norse terms prefixed with ve-
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse adjectives