"bylgja" meaning in Icelandic

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɪlca/
Rhymes: -ɪlca Etymology: From Old Norse bylgja, from Proto-Germanic *bulgijō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ-. Etymology templates: {{root|is|ine-pro|*bʰelǵʰ-}}, {{inh|is|non|bylgja}} Old Norse bylgja, {{inh|is|gem-pro|*bulgijō}} Proto-Germanic *bulgijō, {{der|is|ine-pro|*bʰelǵʰ-}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- Head templates: {{is-noun|@@}} bylgja f (genitive singular bylgju, nominative plural bylgjur) Inflection templates: {{is-ndecl|f.genplna:a}} Forms: bylgju [genitive, singular], bylgjur [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], bylgja [indefinite, nominative, singular], bylgjan [definite, nominative, singular], bylgjur [indefinite, nominative, plural], bylgjurnar [definite, nominative, plural], bylgju [accusative, indefinite, singular], bylgjuna [accusative, definite, singular], bylgjur [accusative, indefinite, plural], bylgjurnar [accusative, definite, plural], bylgju [dative, indefinite, singular], bylgjunni [dative, definite, singular], bylgjum [dative, indefinite, plural], bylgjunum [dative, definite, plural], bylgju [genitive, indefinite, singular], bylgjunnar [definite, genitive, singular], bylgna [genitive, indefinite, plural], bylgja [genitive, indefinite, plural], bylgnanna [definite, genitive, plural], bylgjanna [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. wave, billow Tags: feminine Synonyms: hrönn, alda
    Sense id: en-bylgja-is-noun-hn0xnqGm
  2. (physics) wave Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-bylgja-is-noun-SxJeyZp0 Categories (other): Icelandic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Icelandic entries with incorrect language header: 7 47 46 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  3. (orthography) tilde Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Orthography, Diacritical marks
    Sense id: en-bylgja-is-noun-4-8N90s- Disambiguation of Diacritical marks: 4 15 81 Categories (other): Icelandic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Icelandic entries with incorrect language header: 7 47 46 Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, orthography, publishing, writing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ganga í bylgjum, bylgjast, bylgjufall, bylgjulengd
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ganga í bylgjum"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "bylgjast"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "bylgjufall"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "bylgjulengd"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰelǵʰ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "bylgja"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse bylgja",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*bulgijō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *bulgijō",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰelǵʰ-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ-",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse bylgja, from Proto-Germanic *bulgijō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bylgju",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bylgjur",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bylgja",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bylgjan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bylgjur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bylgjurnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bylgju",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bylgjuna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bylgjur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bylgjurnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bylgju",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bylgjunni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bylgjum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bylgjunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bylgju",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bylgjunnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bylgna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bylgja",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bylgnanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bylgjanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "@@"
      },
      "expansion": "bylgja f (genitive singular bylgju, nominative plural bylgjur)",
      "name": "is-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f.genplna:a"
      },
      "name": "is-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Icelandic",
  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "wave, billow"
      ],
      "id": "en-bylgja-is-noun-hn0xnqGm",
      "links": [
        [
          "wave",
          "wave"
        ],
        [
          "billow",
          "billow"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "hrönn"
        },
        {
          "word": "alda"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "is",
          "name": "Physics",
          "orig": "is:Physics",
          "parents": [
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 47 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wave"
      ],
      "id": "en-bylgja-is-noun-SxJeyZp0",
      "links": [
        [
          "physics",
          "physics"
        ],
        [
          "wave",
          "wave"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(physics) wave"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "is",
          "name": "Orthography",
          "orig": "is:Orthography",
          "parents": [
            "Writing",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "Human",
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 47 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 15 81",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "is",
          "name": "Diacritical marks",
          "orig": "is:Diacritical marks",
          "parents": [
            "Letters, symbols, and punctuation",
            "Symbols",
            "Orthography",
            "Writing",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "Human",
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tilde"
      ],
      "id": "en-bylgja-is-noun-4-8N90s-",
      "links": [
        [
          "orthography",
          "orthography"
        ],
        [
          "tilde",
          "tilde"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(orthography) tilde"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "communications",
        "journalism",
        "literature",
        "media",
        "orthography",
        "publishing",
        "writing"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɪlca/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪlca"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Bylgja"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "is:bylgja"
  ],
  "word": "bylgja"
}
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    "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Icelandic feminine nouns",
    "Icelandic lemmas",
    "Icelandic nouns",
    "Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Icelandic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰelǵʰ-",
    "Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse",
    "Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Icelandic terms with homophones",
    "Icelandic terms with redundant head parameter",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Icelandic/ɪlca",
    "Rhymes:Icelandic/ɪlca/2 syllables",
    "is:Diacritical marks"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "ganga í bylgjum"
    },
    {
      "word": "bylgjast"
    },
    {
      "word": "bylgjufall"
    },
    {
      "word": "bylgjulengd"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰelǵʰ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "bylgja"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse bylgja",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*bulgijō"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
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        "1": "is",
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ-",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse bylgja, from Proto-Germanic *bulgijō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bylgju",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bylgjur",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bylgja",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bylgjan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bylgjur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bylgjurnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bylgju",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bylgjuna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bylgjur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bylgjurnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bylgju",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bylgjunni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bylgjum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bylgjunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bylgju",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bylgjunnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bylgna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bylgja",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bylgnanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bylgjanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "@@"
      },
      "expansion": "bylgja f (genitive singular bylgju, nominative plural bylgjur)",
      "name": "is-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f.genplna:a"
      },
      "name": "is-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Icelandic",
  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "wave, billow"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wave",
          "wave"
        ],
        [
          "billow",
          "billow"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "hrönn"
        },
        {
          "word": "alda"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "is:Physics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wave"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "physics",
          "physics"
        ],
        [
          "wave",
          "wave"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(physics) wave"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "is:Orthography"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tilde"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "orthography",
          "orthography"
        ],
        [
          "tilde",
          "tilde"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(orthography) tilde"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "communications",
        "journalism",
        "literature",
        "media",
        "orthography",
        "publishing",
        "writing"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɪlca/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪlca"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Bylgja"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "is:bylgja"
  ],
  "word": "bylgja"
}

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