veikja

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse veikja, from Proto-Germanic *waikwijaną. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈveiːca] Rhymes: -eiːca === Verb === veikja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative veikti, supine veikt) to debilitate, to make feeble; to weaken Synonym: draga mátt úr to impair, to undermine Synonyms: skaða, grafa undan to dilute Synonym: deyfa Að veikja sýru. ― To dilute acid. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== veikur == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse veikja, from Proto-Germanic *waikwijaną. ==== Alternative forms ==== veika, veike, veikje ==== Verb ==== veikja (present tense veikjer, past tense veikte, past participle veikt, passive infinitive veikjast, present participle veikjande, imperative veik) (transitive) to make weak or weaker === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== veikja f definite singular of veikje === References === “veikja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *waikwijaną. Related to víkva and veikr. === Verb === veikja (transitive) to bend ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: veikja Norwegian Nynorsk: veika, veike, veikja, veikje === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “veikja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive