veira

Icelandic

Etymology

Coined by Director General of public health Vilmundur Jónsson in 1955 based on feyra (“putridness, mustiness; decay”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈveiːra/

  Rhymes: -eiːra

Noun

veira f (genitive singular veiru, nominative plural veirur)

1. virus (DNA/RNA causing disease)
2. computer virus

Declension

Declension of veira (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	veira	veiran	veirur	veirurnar
accusative	veiru	veiruna	veirur	veirurnar
dative	veiru	veirunni	veirum	veirunum
genitive	veiru	veirunnar	veira	veiranna

Synonyms

• (pathological virus): vírus
• (computer virus): vírus, tölvuveira, tölvuvírus

References

• Sapir, Yair, Zuckermann, Ghil'ad (2008) “Icelandic: Phonosemantic matching”, in Judith Rosenhouse & Rotem Kowner, editors, Globally speaking: Motives for adopting English vocabulary in other languages‎^[1], Clevedon-Buffalo-Toronto: Multilingual Matters, pages 19–43