"kveðja" meaning in Icelandic

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkʰvɛðja/
Rhymes: -ɛðja Etymology: From Old Norse kveðja, from Proto-Germanic *kwadjaną. Cognate with Faroese kvøðja. Etymology templates: {{inh|is|non|kveðja}} Old Norse kveðja, {{inh|is|gem-pro|*kwadjaną}} Proto-Germanic *kwadjaną Head templates: {{is-noun|@@}} kveðja f (genitive singular kveðju, nominative plural kveðjur) Inflection templates: {{is-ndecl|f}} Forms: kveðju [genitive, singular], kveðjur [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], kveðja [indefinite, nominative, singular], kveðjan [definite, nominative, singular], kveðjur [indefinite, nominative, plural], kveðjurnar [definite, nominative, plural], kveðju [accusative, indefinite, singular], kveðjuna [accusative, definite, singular], kveðjur [accusative, indefinite, plural], kveðjurnar [accusative, definite, plural], kveðju [dative, indefinite, singular], kveðjunni [dative, definite, singular], kveðjum [dative, indefinite, plural], kveðjunum [dative, definite, plural], kveðju [genitive, indefinite, singular], kveðjunnar [definite, genitive, singular], kveðja [genitive, indefinite, plural], kveðjanna [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. a greeting, the action of saying hello or goodbye Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-kveðja-is-noun-vIMVi0O5
  2. regards, the action of sending good wishes to someone Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-kveðja-is-noun-x8lOI6tG
  3. regards, a greeting at the end of a letter Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-kveðja-is-noun-Asa6HW73 Categories (other): Icelandic entries with incorrect language header, Old Norse entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Icelandic entries with incorrect language header: 6 5 68 9 4 8 Disambiguation of Old Norse entries with incorrect language header: 5 4 53 6 3 6 6 11 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 6 6 39 10 5 7 7 13 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 4 54 8 4 5 5 10 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: skila kveðju, kasta kveðju, bera kveðju sína (english: to say hello to someone for oneself, to give someone one's best wishes), með kveðjum frá (english: with regards from), samúðarkveðja, vanda ekki kveðjurnar, kaldar kveðjurnar, kærar kveðjur (english: best regards)
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈkʰvɛðja/
Rhymes: -ɛðja Head templates: {{head|is|verb|weak verb||third-person singular past indicative|kvaddi||{{{22}}}|supine|kvatt||{{{33}}}|cat2=weak verbs|head=}} kveðja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kvaddi, supine kvatt) Forms: kvaddi [indicative, past, singular, third-person], kvatt [supine], no-table-tags [table-tags], kvaddur [masculine, nominative, singular], kvadd [feminine, nominative, singular], kvatt [neuter, nominative, singular], kvaddir [masculine, nominative, plural], kvaddar [feminine, nominative, plural], kvadd [neuter, nominative, plural], kvaddan [accusative, masculine, singular], kvadda [accusative, feminine, singular], kvatt [accusative, neuter, singular], kvadda [accusative, masculine, plural], kvaddar [accusative, feminine, plural], kvadd [accusative, neuter, plural], kvaddum [dative, masculine, singular], kvaddri [dative, feminine, singular], kvaddu [dative, neuter, singular], kvaddum [dative, masculine, plural], kvaddum [dative, feminine, plural], kvaddum [dative, neuter, plural], kvadds [genitive, masculine, singular], kvaddrar [feminine, genitive, singular], kvadds [genitive, neuter, singular], kveddra [genitive, masculine, plural], kveddra [feminine, genitive, plural], kveddra [genitive, neuter, plural], kvaddi [masculine, nominative, singular], kvadda [feminine, nominative, singular], kvadda [neuter, nominative, singular], kvaddu [masculine, nominative, plural], kvaddu [feminine, nominative, plural], kvaddu [neuter, nominative, plural], kvadda [accusative, masculine, singular], kvaddu [accusative, feminine, singular], kvadda [accusative, neuter, singular], kvaddu [accusative, masculine, plural], kvaddu [accusative, feminine, plural], kvaddu [accusative, neuter, plural], kvadda [dative, masculine, singular], kvaddu [dative, feminine, singular], kvadda [dative, neuter, singular], kvaddu [dative, masculine, plural], kvaddu [dative, feminine, plural], kvaddu [dative, neuter, plural], kvadda [genitive, masculine, singular], kvaddu [feminine, genitive, singular], kvadda [genitive, neuter, singular], kvaddu [genitive, masculine, plural], kvaddu [feminine, genitive, plural], kvaddu [genitive, neuter, plural]
  1. to say goodbye, to take one's leave [with accusative] Tags: weak
    Sense id: en-kveðja-is-verb-pv0iXYIT
  2. (euphemistic) to die Tags: euphemistic, weak
    Sense id: en-kveðja-is-verb-L2Mli9fq Categories (other): Icelandic euphemisms
  3. to summon [with accusative] Tags: weak
    Sense id: en-kveðja-is-verb-6Aj~CTcq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: kveðja til sín (english: to summon someone), kveðja sér hljóðs (english: to take the floor)
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "skila kveðju"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "kasta kveðju"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "to say hello to someone for oneself, to give someone one's best wishes",
      "word": "bera kveðju sína"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "with regards from",
      "word": "með kveðjum frá"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "samúðarkveðja"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "vanda ekki kveðjurnar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "kaldar kveðjurnar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "best regards",
      "word": "kærar kveðjur"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "kveðja"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse kveðja",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*kwadjaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *kwadjaną",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse kveðja, from Proto-Germanic *kwadjaną. Cognate with Faroese kvøðja.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kveðju",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kveðjur",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kveðja",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kveðjan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kveðjur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kveðjurnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kveðju",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kveðjuna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kveðjur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kveðjurnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kveðju",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kveðjunni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kveðjum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kveðjunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kveðju",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kveðjunnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kveðja",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kveðjanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "@@"
      },
      "expansion": "kveðja f (genitive singular kveðju, nominative plural kveðjur)",
      "name": "is-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "name": "is-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Icelandic",
  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              22,
              28
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Don't I even get a \"hello\"?",
          "text": "Fæ ég ekki einu sinni kveðju?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              20,
              26
            ]
          ],
          "english": "This is my last goodbye.",
          "text": "Þetta er mín hinsta kveðja.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a greeting, the action of saying hello or goodbye"
      ],
      "id": "en-kveðja-is-noun-vIMVi0O5",
      "links": [
        [
          "greeting",
          "greeting"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Send my regards to your mother.",
          "text": "Ég skila kveðju til mömmu þinnar.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "regards, the action of sending good wishes to someone"
      ],
      "id": "en-kveðja-is-noun-x8lOI6tG",
      "links": [
        [
          "regards",
          "regards"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "6 5 68 9 4 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 4 53 6 3 6 6 11 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 6 39 10 5 7 7 13 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 4 54 8 4 5 5 10 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "english": "With regards, Gunna.",
          "text": "Kveðja, Gunna.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              6,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Best regards, Jóhann.",
          "text": "Kærar kveðjur, Jóhann.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "regards, a greeting at the end of a letter"
      ],
      "id": "en-kveðja-is-noun-Asa6HW73",
      "links": [
        [
          "regards",
          "regards"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkʰvɛðja/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛðja"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kveðja"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "to summon someone",
      "word": "kveðja til sín"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "to take the floor",
      "word": "kveðja sér hljóðs"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kvaddi",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kvatt",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kvaddur",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kvadd",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kvatt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kvaddir",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kvaddar",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kvadd",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kvaddan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kvadda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kvatt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kvadda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kvaddar",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kvadd",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kvaddum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kvaddri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kvaddu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kvaddum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kvaddum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kvaddum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kvadds",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kvaddrar",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kvadds",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kveddra",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kveddra",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kveddra",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kvaddi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kvadda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kvadda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kvaddu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kvaddu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kvaddu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kvadda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kvaddu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kvadda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kvaddu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kvaddu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kvaddu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kvadda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kvaddu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kvadda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kvaddu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kvaddu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kvaddu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kvadda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kvaddu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kvadda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kvaddu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kvaddu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kvaddu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "10": "kvatt",
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            ]
          ],
          "english": "He left this world yesterday morning after battling illness for long.",
          "text": "Hann kvaddi í gærmorgun eftir löng veikindi.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to die"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "die",
          "die"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(euphemistic) to die"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "euphemistic",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to summon"
      ],
      "info_templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "acc"
          },
          "expansion": "[with accusative]",
          "extra_data": {
            "tags": [
              "accusative"
            ]
          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "summon",
          "summon"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "to summon [with accusative]"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "weak"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkʰvɛðja/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛðja"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kveðja"
}

Download raw JSONL data for kveðja meaning in Icelandic (11.5kB)

{
  "called_from": "parser/304",
  "msg": "HTML tag <div> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "kveðja"
  ],
  "section": "Icelandic",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "kveðja",
  "trace": "started on line 4, detected on line 4"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/304",
  "msg": "HTML tag <div> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "kveðja"
  ],
  "section": "Icelandic",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "kveðja",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 4"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
  "path": [
    "kveðja"
  ],
  "section": "Icelandic",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "kveðja",
  "trace": ""
}

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