"Eyjahaf" meaning in Icelandic

See Eyjahaf in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈei̯ːjaˌhaːv/, [ˈei̯ːjäˌhäːʋ]
Rhymes: -eiːjahaːv, -ahaːv, -aːv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂ Proto-Germanic *awjō Old Norse ey Icelandic ey Icelandic eyja Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- Proto-Germanic *habą Old Norse haf Icelandic haf Icelandic Eyjahaf Literally, “island sea”. Created from eyja (“island”) + haf (“sea”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|is|is>eyja>island|is>haf>sea|id=Aegean Sea|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂ Proto-Germanic *awjō Old Norse ey Icelandic ey Icelandic eyja Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- Proto-Germanic *habą Old Norse haf Icelandic haf Icelandic Eyjahaf, {{m-g|island sea}} “island sea”, {{lit|island sea}} Literally, “island sea”, {{com|is|eyja|haf|nocat=1|t1=island|t2=sea}} eyja (“island”) + haf (“sea”) Head templates: {{is-noun|@@}} Eyjahaf n (genitive singular Eyjahafs, no plural) Inflection templates: {{is-ndecl|n.bothdef}} Forms: Eyjahafs [genitive, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], Eyjahaf [indefinite, nominative, singular], Eyjahafið [definite, nominative, singular], Eyjahaf [accusative, indefinite, singular], Eyjahafið [accusative, definite, singular], Eyjahafi [dative, indefinite, singular], Eyjahafinu [dative, definite, singular], Eyjahafs [genitive, indefinite, singular], Eyjahafsins [definite, genitive, singular]
  1. The Aegean Sea; an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea between Europe and Asia which is located between the Balkans, Anatolia, and the Levantine Basin. Tags: neuter, no-plural Categories (place): Oceans Synonyms: Grikklandshaf, Grikksalt, Ægeushaf, Æghaf Related terms: Atlantshaf, Grikklandshaf, Grikksalt, Indlandshaf, Kyrrahaf, Norður-Íshaf, Suður-Íshaf, Ægeushaf, Æghaf

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "is>eyja>island",
        "3": "is>haf>sea",
        "id": "Aegean Sea",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂\nProto-Germanic *awjō\nOld Norse ey\nIcelandic ey\nIcelandic eyja\nProto-Indo-European *keh₂p-\nProto-Germanic *habą\nOld Norse haf\nIcelandic haf\nIcelandic Eyjahaf",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "island sea"
      },
      "expansion": "“island sea”",
      "name": "m-g"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "island sea"
      },
      "expansion": "Literally, “island sea”",
      "name": "lit"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "eyja",
        "3": "haf",
        "nocat": "1",
        "t1": "island",
        "t2": "sea"
      },
      "expansion": "eyja (“island”) + haf (“sea”)",
      "name": "com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂\nProto-Germanic *awjō\nOld Norse ey\nIcelandic ey\nIcelandic eyja\nProto-Indo-European *keh₂p-\nProto-Germanic *habą\nOld Norse haf\nIcelandic haf\nIcelandic Eyjahaf\nLiterally, “island sea”. Created from eyja (“island”) + haf (“sea”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Eyjahafs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Eyjahaf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Eyjahafið",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Eyjahaf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Eyjahafið",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Eyjahafi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Eyjahafinu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Eyjahafs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Eyjahafsins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "@@"
      },
      "expansion": "Eyjahaf n (genitive singular Eyjahafs, no plural)",
      "name": "is-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n.bothdef"
      },
      "name": "is-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Icelandic",
  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Icelandic entries with etymology trees",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with etymology trees",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "is",
          "name": "Oceans",
          "orig": "is:Oceans",
          "parents": [
            "Seas",
            "Bodies of water",
            "Places",
            "Landforms",
            "Water",
            "Names",
            "Earth",
            "Liquids",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Nature",
            "Matter",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Chemistry",
            "Lemmas",
            "Sciences"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I’m trying to think of a way to say “the Aegean” without the definite article, but I can’t. Is “Aegean” even a valid word?",
          "text": "Ég er að reyna að hugsa um leið að segja „Eyjahafið“ án ákveða greinisins, en ég get það ekki. Er „Eyjahaf“ jafnvel gilt orð?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I would become a sailor — like my dad — but back then you could sail an Aegean untouched by the pollution and overfishing which are everywhere there today.",
          "text": "Ég myndi verða sjómaður — eins og faðir minn — en þá gat maður sigla Eyjahaf ósnortið af menguninni og ofveiðinni sem er alls staðar þar í dag.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The Aegean Sea; an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea between Europe and Asia which is located between the Balkans, Anatolia, and the Levantine Basin."
      ],
      "id": "en-Eyjahaf-is-noun-Hfvo6wQH",
      "links": [
        [
          "embayment",
          "embayment"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "Atlantshaf"
        },
        {
          "word": "Grikklandshaf"
        },
        {
          "word": "Grikksalt"
        },
        {
          "word": "Indlandshaf"
        },
        {
          "word": "Kyrrahaf"
        },
        {
          "word": "Norður-Íshaf"
        },
        {
          "word": "Suður-Íshaf"
        },
        {
          "word": "Ægeushaf"
        },
        {
          "word": "Æghaf"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Grikklandshaf"
        },
        {
          "word": "Grikksalt"
        },
        {
          "word": "Ægeushaf"
        },
        {
          "word": "Æghaf"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "no-plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈei̯ːjaˌhaːv/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈei̯ːjäˌhäːʋ]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eiːjahaːv"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ahaːv"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aːv"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Eyjahaf"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "is>eyja>island",
        "3": "is>haf>sea",
        "id": "Aegean Sea",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂\nProto-Germanic *awjō\nOld Norse ey\nIcelandic ey\nIcelandic eyja\nProto-Indo-European *keh₂p-\nProto-Germanic *habą\nOld Norse haf\nIcelandic haf\nIcelandic Eyjahaf",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "island sea"
      },
      "expansion": "“island sea”",
      "name": "m-g"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "island sea"
      },
      "expansion": "Literally, “island sea”",
      "name": "lit"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "eyja",
        "3": "haf",
        "nocat": "1",
        "t1": "island",
        "t2": "sea"
      },
      "expansion": "eyja (“island”) + haf (“sea”)",
      "name": "com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂\nProto-Germanic *awjō\nOld Norse ey\nIcelandic ey\nIcelandic eyja\nProto-Indo-European *keh₂p-\nProto-Germanic *habą\nOld Norse haf\nIcelandic haf\nIcelandic Eyjahaf\nLiterally, “island sea”. Created from eyja (“island”) + haf (“sea”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Eyjahafs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Eyjahaf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Eyjahafið",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Eyjahaf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Eyjahafið",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Eyjahafi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Eyjahafinu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Eyjahafs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Eyjahafsins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "@@"
      },
      "expansion": "Eyjahaf n (genitive singular Eyjahafs, no plural)",
      "name": "is-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n.bothdef"
      },
      "name": "is-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Icelandic",
  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Atlantshaf"
    },
    {
      "word": "Grikklandshaf"
    },
    {
      "word": "Grikksalt"
    },
    {
      "word": "Indlandshaf"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kyrrahaf"
    },
    {
      "word": "Norður-Íshaf"
    },
    {
      "word": "Suður-Íshaf"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ægeushaf"
    },
    {
      "word": "Æghaf"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Icelandic entries with etymology trees",
        "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Icelandic lemmas",
        "Icelandic neuter nouns",
        "Icelandic nouns",
        "Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse",
        "Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse",
        "Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Icelandic terms with redundant head parameter",
        "Icelandic terms with usage examples",
        "Icelandic uncountable nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:Icelandic/ahaːv",
        "Rhymes:Icelandic/aːv",
        "Rhymes:Icelandic/eiːjahaːv",
        "is:Oceans"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I’m trying to think of a way to say “the Aegean” without the definite article, but I can’t. Is “Aegean” even a valid word?",
          "text": "Ég er að reyna að hugsa um leið að segja „Eyjahafið“ án ákveða greinisins, en ég get það ekki. Er „Eyjahaf“ jafnvel gilt orð?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I would become a sailor — like my dad — but back then you could sail an Aegean untouched by the pollution and overfishing which are everywhere there today.",
          "text": "Ég myndi verða sjómaður — eins og faðir minn — en þá gat maður sigla Eyjahaf ósnortið af menguninni og ofveiðinni sem er alls staðar þar í dag.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The Aegean Sea; an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea between Europe and Asia which is located between the Balkans, Anatolia, and the Levantine Basin."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "embayment",
          "embayment"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Grikklandshaf"
        },
        {
          "word": "Grikksalt"
        },
        {
          "word": "Ægeushaf"
        },
        {
          "word": "Æghaf"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "no-plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈei̯ːjaˌhaːv/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈei̯ːjäˌhäːʋ]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eiːjahaːv"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ahaːv"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aːv"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Eyjahaf"
}

Download raw JSONL data for Eyjahaf meaning in Icelandic (4.4kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Icelandic dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-20 using wiktextract (0c0c1f1 and 4230888). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.