"einhver" meaning in Icelandic

See einhver in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: /ˈein.xʷɛːr/, /ˈein̥kvɛːr/, /ˈeihkvɛːr/
Etymology: From Old Norse einnhverr. Etymology templates: {{inh|is|non|einnhverr}} Old Norse einnhverr Head templates: {{head|is|pronoun|feminine|einhver|neuter|eitthvert|or|eitthvað|cat2=indefinite pronouns}} einhver (feminine einhver, neuter eitthvert or eitthvað) Inflection templates: {{is-decl-pron-einhver}}, {{is-decl-adj-base|apf=einhverjar|apm=einhverja|apn=einhver|asf=einhverja|asm=einhvern|asn=eitthvert / eitthvað|dpf=einhverjum|dpm=einhverjum|dpn=einhverjum|dsf=einhverri|dsm=einhverjum|dsn=einhverju|gpf=einhverra|gpm=einhverra|gpn=einhverra|gsf=einhverrar|gsm=einhvers|gsn=einhvers|npf=einhverjar|npm=einhverjir|npn=einhver|nsf=einhver|nsm=einhver|nsn=eitthvert / eitthvað|title=declension}} Forms: einhver [feminine], eitthvert [neuter], eitthvað [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], einhver [masculine, nominative, singular], einhver [feminine, nominative, singular], eitthvert [neuter, nominative, singular], eitthvað [neuter, nominative, singular], einhvern [accusative, masculine, singular], einhverja [accusative, feminine, singular], eitthvert [accusative, neuter, singular], eitthvað [accusative, neuter, singular], einhverjum [dative, masculine, singular], einhverri [dative, feminine, singular], einhverju [dative, neuter, singular], einhvers [genitive, masculine, singular], einhverrar [feminine, genitive, singular], einhvers [genitive, neuter, singular], einhverjir [masculine, nominative, plural], einhverjar [feminine, nominative, plural], einhver [neuter, nominative, plural], einhverja [accusative, masculine, plural], einhverjar [accusative, feminine, plural], einhver [accusative, neuter, plural], einhverjum [dative, masculine, plural], einhverjum [dative, feminine, plural], einhverjum [dative, neuter, plural], einhverra [genitive, masculine, plural], einhverra [feminine, genitive, plural], einhverra [genitive, neuter, plural]
  1. (indefinite) somebody, some, someone, something (abbreviation e-r) Tags: indefinite Derived forms: að einhverju leyti (english: in part), einhverju sinni, einhvern daginn, einhvern tíma, einhvern veginn

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "expansion": "Old Norse einnhverr",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse einnhverr.",
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      "form": "einhver",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "eitthvert",
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      "form": "eitthvað",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eitthvað",
      "source": "declension",
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        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "einhvern",
      "source": "declension",
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "einhverja",
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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    },
    {
      "form": "einhverju",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "einhvers",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "einhverrar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "einhvers",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "einhverjir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "einhver",
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      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "einhverjar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "einhver",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "einhverjum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "einhverjum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
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        "1": "is",
        "2": "pronoun",
        "3": "feminine",
        "4": "einhver",
        "5": "neuter",
        "6": "eitthvert",
        "7": "or",
        "8": "eitthvað",
        "cat2": "indefinite pronouns"
      },
      "expansion": "einhver (feminine einhver, neuter eitthvert or eitthvað)",
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    }
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    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "is-decl-pron-einhver"
    },
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        "apf": "einhverjar",
        "apm": "einhverja",
        "apn": "einhver",
        "asf": "einhverja",
        "asm": "einhvern",
        "asn": "eitthvert / eitthvað",
        "dpf": "einhverjum",
        "dpm": "einhverjum",
        "dpn": "einhverjum",
        "dsf": "einhverri",
        "dsm": "einhverjum",
        "dsn": "einhverju",
        "gpf": "einhverra",
        "gpm": "einhverra",
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        "gsn": "einhvers",
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        "nsm": "einhver",
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    }
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  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
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        }
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        {
          "english": "in part",
          "word": "að einhverju leyti"
        },
        {
          "word": "einhverju sinni"
        },
        {
          "word": "einhvern daginn"
        },
        {
          "word": "einhvern tíma"
        },
        {
          "word": "einhvern veginn"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "Hark, someone's voice says, \"Cry out.\" And I said, \"What shall I cry?\" \"All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field. The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of the LORD blows on them. Surely the people are grass. The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.\"",
          "ref": "Isaiah 40 (Icelandic, English)",
          "text": "Heyr, einhver segir: \"Kalla þú!\" Og ég svara: \"Hvað skal ég kalla?\" \"Allt hold er gras og allur yndisleikur þess sem blóm vallarins. Grasið visnar, blómin fölna, þegar Drottinn andar á þau. Sannlega, mennirnir eru gras. Grasið visnar, blómin fölna, en orð Guðs vors stendur stöðugt eilíflega.\""
        },
        {
          "english": "Do you know someone who uses Linux?",
          "text": "Þekkir þú einhvern sem notar Linux?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I know a little Japanese.",
          "text": "Ég kann eitthvað í japönsku.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "somebody, some, someone, something (abbreviation e-r)"
      ],
      "id": "en-einhver-is-pron-cifQGT7r",
      "links": [
        [
          "indefinite",
          "indefinite"
        ],
        [
          "somebody",
          "somebody"
        ],
        [
          "some",
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        ],
        [
          "someone",
          "someone"
        ],
        [
          "something",
          "something"
        ],
        [
          "e-r",
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        ]
      ],
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        "(indefinite) somebody, some, someone, something (abbreviation e-r)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈein.xʷɛːr/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈein̥kvɛːr/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈeihkvɛːr/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "einhver"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "in part",
      "word": "að einhverju leyti"
    },
    {
      "word": "einhverju sinni"
    },
    {
      "word": "einhvern daginn"
    },
    {
      "word": "einhvern tíma"
    },
    {
      "word": "einhvern veginn"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "is",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse einnhverr.",
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    {
      "form": "einhver",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eitthvert",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eitthvað",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "is-decl-pron-einhver",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "einhver",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "einhver",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eitthvert",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eitthvað",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "einhvern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "einhverja",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eitthvert",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eitthvað",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "einhverjum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "einhverri",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "einhverju",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "einhvers",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "einhverrar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "einhvers",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "einhverjir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "einhverjar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "einhver",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "einhverja",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "einhverjar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "einhver",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "einhverjum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "einhverjum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "einhverjum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "einhverra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "einhverra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "einhverra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
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        "1": "is",
        "2": "pronoun",
        "3": "feminine",
        "4": "einhver",
        "5": "neuter",
        "6": "eitthvert",
        "7": "or",
        "8": "eitthvað",
        "cat2": "indefinite pronouns"
      },
      "expansion": "einhver (feminine einhver, neuter eitthvert or eitthvað)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "is-decl-pron-einhver"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "apf": "einhverjar",
        "apm": "einhverja",
        "apn": "einhver",
        "asf": "einhverja",
        "asm": "einhvern",
        "asn": "eitthvert / eitthvað",
        "dpf": "einhverjum",
        "dpm": "einhverjum",
        "dpn": "einhverjum",
        "dsf": "einhverri",
        "dsm": "einhverjum",
        "dsn": "einhverju",
        "gpf": "einhverra",
        "gpm": "einhverra",
        "gpn": "einhverra",
        "gsf": "einhverrar",
        "gsm": "einhvers",
        "gsn": "einhvers",
        "npf": "einhverjar",
        "npm": "einhverjir",
        "npn": "einhver",
        "nsf": "einhver",
        "nsm": "einhver",
        "nsn": "eitthvert / eitthvað",
        "title": "declension"
      },
      "name": "is-decl-adj-base"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Icelandic",
  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Icelandic 2-syllable words",
        "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Icelandic indefinite pronouns",
        "Icelandic lemmas",
        "Icelandic pronouns",
        "Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse",
        "Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse",
        "Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Icelandic terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Hark, someone's voice says, \"Cry out.\" And I said, \"What shall I cry?\" \"All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field. The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of the LORD blows on them. Surely the people are grass. The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.\"",
          "ref": "Isaiah 40 (Icelandic, English)",
          "text": "Heyr, einhver segir: \"Kalla þú!\" Og ég svara: \"Hvað skal ég kalla?\" \"Allt hold er gras og allur yndisleikur þess sem blóm vallarins. Grasið visnar, blómin fölna, þegar Drottinn andar á þau. Sannlega, mennirnir eru gras. Grasið visnar, blómin fölna, en orð Guðs vors stendur stöðugt eilíflega.\""
        },
        {
          "english": "Do you know someone who uses Linux?",
          "text": "Þekkir þú einhvern sem notar Linux?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I know a little Japanese.",
          "text": "Ég kann eitthvað í japönsku.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "somebody, some, someone, something (abbreviation e-r)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "indefinite",
          "indefinite"
        ],
        [
          "somebody",
          "somebody"
        ],
        [
          "some",
          "some"
        ],
        [
          "someone",
          "someone"
        ],
        [
          "something",
          "something"
        ],
        [
          "e-r",
          "e-r"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(indefinite) somebody, some, someone, something (abbreviation e-r)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈein.xʷɛːr/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈein̥kvɛːr/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈeihkvɛːr/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "einhver"
}

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