rýja

== Icelandic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈriːja/ Rhymes: -iːja === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse rýja. Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk rye, Swedish rya (whence Finnish ryijy). Probably from the same root as English rough. ==== Noun ==== rýja f (genitive singular rýju, nominative plural rýjur) rag, cloth Synonyms: tuska, pjatla ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== rýjateppi === Etymology 2 === From Old Norse rýja, from Proto-Germanic *rūjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(H)rewH- (whence also Latin ruō, Lithuanian ráuti). ==== Verb ==== rýja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative rúði, supine rúið or rúð) to shear [with accusative] ===== Conjugation ===== This verb needs an inflection-table template. ===== Derived terms ===== rýja af rýja inn að skinninu, rýja inn að skinni (synonymous blóðmjólka, féfletta; to steal the shirt off someone's back) rýja inn að skyrtunni (synonymous blóðmjólka, féfletta; to steal the shirt off someone's back) == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *rūjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(H)rewH- (see also Latin ruō, Lithuanian ráuti). === Verb === rýja (singular past indicative rúði, plural past indicative rúðu, past participle rúinn) (transitive, of sheep) to pull the wool off ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: rýja === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “rýja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 344; also available at the Internet Archive Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 868-71