gleði

== Faroese == === Etymology === From Old Norse gleði (“gladness”). See also gleða and glaður. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkleːjɪ/ Rhymes: -eːjɪ === Noun === gleði f (genitive singular gleði, plural gleðir) happiness, joy ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== grátur látur == Icelandic == === Etymology === glaður (“glad”) +‎ -i f (abstract noun suffix) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈklɛːðɪ] Rhymes: -ɛːðɪ === Noun === gleði f (genitive singular gleði, nominative plural gleðir) happiness, joy ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2026), “gleði”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “gleði”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN, page 254 (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.) == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *gladį̄, equivalent to glaðr +‎ -i. === Noun === gleði f (genitive gleði) gladness, merriment ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Old Danish: glæthæ Danish: glæde Faroese: gleði Icelandic: gleði Norwegian Bokmål: glede Norwegian Nynorsk: glede Swedish: glädje === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “gleði”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 166; also available at the Internet Archive