eyðni

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From eyða (“to destroy”) +‎ -ni (“nominal suffix”), referring to the destruction of the immune system and chosen also as phono-semantic matching of English AIDS. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈeiðnɪ/ Rhymes: -eiðnɪ === Noun === eyðni f (genitive singular eyðni, no plural) acquired immune deficiency syndrome; AIDS Synonym: alnæmi ==== Declension ==== === 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