bleikja

== Icelandic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpleiːca/ Rhymes: -eiːca === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse bleikja, from Proto-Germanic *blaikijǭ. ==== Noun ==== bleikja f (genitive singular bleikju, nominative plural bleikjur) pale colour light clay char (Salvelinus), especially Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) Lyngbye's sedge (Carex lyngbyei) (in Carex subg. Carex) ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === From Old Norse bleikja, from Proto-Germanic *blaikijaną, from *blaikaz, whence bleikur. ==== Verb ==== bleikja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative bleikti, supine bleikt) to bleach ===== Conjugation ===== === References === Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “bleikja”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.) == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === bleika, bleike, bleikje (verb) === Etymology === From Old Norse bleikja, from Proto-Germanic *blaikijaną. Akin to English bleach. === Verb === bleikja (present tense bleikjer, past tense bleikte, past participle bleikt, passive infinitive bleikjast, present participle bleikjande, imperative bleik) (transitive) to bleach, whiten === Noun === bleikja f (definite singular bleikja, indefinite plural bleikjer or bleikjor, definite plural bleikjene or bleikjone) (pre-2012) alternative form of bleikje definite singular of bleikje === References === “bleikja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *blaikijaną. === Verb === bleikja to bleach ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== bleikr ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: bleikja Faroese: bleikja Norwegian Nynorsk: bleikja → Norwegian Bokmål: bleike Old Swedish: blēkia Swedish: bleka Danish: blege Norwegian Bokmål: bleke === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “bleikja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive