eyðileggja

== Icelandic == === Etymology === Compound of eyði (“deserted, abandoned”) +‎ leggja (“to lay, put”). Compare leggja í eyði (“to desert, abandon”). === Verb === eyðileggja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative eyðilagði, supine eyðilagt) to destroy, ruin, demolish [with accusative] Synonyms: skemma, rústa Er ég að eyðileggja deitið?! ― Am I ruining the date?! ==== Conjugation ==== This verb needs an inflection-table template. ==== Derived terms ==== (destroy): eyðilagður, eyðilegging ==== References ==== Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2026), “eyðileggja”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies Mörður Árnason (2019), Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið “eyðileggja” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)