eigi

Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaiːjɪ/
  • Rhymes: -aiːjɪ
  • Homophones: eiði, Eiði, eiðið

Verb

eigi

  1. first-person singular present of eiga

Icelandic

Adverb

eigi

  1. (dated or formal) not
    eigi síðar ennot later than

Synonyms

Verb

eigi

  1. [he/she/it] owns, third-person singular subjunctive present tense of eiga ‘to own’
  2. [I] own, first-person singular subjunctive present tense of eiga ‘to own’
  3. [they] own, third-person plural subjunctive present tense of eiga ‘to own’

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

eigi

  1. (non-standard since 2012) feminine singular of eigen

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From earlier ne eigi. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Adverb

eigi

  1. not
    Synonyms: , -at
Descendants
  • Danish: ej, ikke
  • Faroese: ei
  • Icelandic: eigi, ei, ekki
  • Norn: ye
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ei, ikkje
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ei, ikkje
  • Old Swedish: eigh, eighi, ey, ække, ikke

References

  • eigi”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *aigô.

Noun

eigi m (genitive eiga)

  1. possession
  2. property
Declension

References

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch eigen.

Adjective

eigi

  1. own
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