bylgja

== Faroese == === Etymology === From Old Norse bylgja, from Proto-Germanic *bulgijō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈpɪlt͡ʃa] === Noun === bylgja f (genitive singular bylgju, plural bylgjur) wave, billow something, which reminds of a wave ==== Declension ==== ==== Hyponyms ==== === Further reading === "bylgja" at Sprotin.fo == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse bylgja, from Proto-Germanic *bulgijō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpɪlca/ Rhymes: -ɪlca Homophone: Bylgja === Noun === bylgja f (genitive singular bylgju, nominative plural bylgjur) wave, billow Synonyms: hrönn, alda (physics) wave (orthography) tilde ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ganga í bylgjum bylgjast bylgjufall bylgjulengd == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse bylgjan and bylgja. ==== Noun ==== bylgja f (definite singular bylgja, indefinite plural bylgjer or bylgjor, definite plural bylgjene or bylgjone) definite singular of bylgje (pre-2012) alternative form of bylgje === Etymology 2 === From the noun bylgje. ==== Verb ==== bylgja (present tense bylgjar, past tense bylgja, past participle bylgja, passive infinitive bylgjast, present participle bylgjande, imperative bylgja/bylgj) (intransitive) to billow == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *bulgijō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ-. === Noun === bylgja f wave, billow ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Danish: bølge Norwegian Bokmål: bølge → Norwegian Nynorsk: bølge Faroese: bylgja Icelandic: bylgja Norwegian Nynorsk: bylgja, bylgju, bylgje, bølgje; (dialectal) bulgje Old Swedish: bylghia Swedish: bölja → Middle English: *bilowe, *bilewe, *bilwe, *bilȝe English: billow === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “bylgja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive