rýja

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈriːja/
  • Rhymes: -iːja

Etymology 1

From Old Norse rýja. Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk rye, Swedish rya (whence Finnish ryijy). Probably from the same root as English rough.

Noun

rýja f (genitive singular rýju, nominative plural rýjur)

  1. rag, cloth
    Synonyms: tuska, pjatla
Declension
declension of rýja
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rýja rýjan rýjur rýjurnar
accusative rýju rýjuna rýjur rýjurnar
dative rýju rýjunni rýjum rýjunum
genitive rýju rýjunnar rýja rýjanna
Derived terms
  • rýjateppi

Etymology 2

From Old Norse rýja, from Proto-Germanic *rūjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(H)rewH- (whence also Latin ruō, Lithuanian ráuti).

Verb

rýja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative rúði, supine rúið or rúð)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to shear
Conjugation

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms
  • rýja af
  • rýja inn að skinninu, rýja inn að skinni (synonymous blóðmjólka, féfletta; to steal the shirt off somebody's back)
  • rýja inn að skyrtunni (synonymous blóðmjólka, féfletta; to steal the shirt off somebody's back)

Old Norse

Etymology

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Verb

rýja (singular past indicative rúði, plural past indicative rúðu, past participle rúinn)

  1. (transitive, of sheep) to pull the wool off

Conjugation
Conjugation of rýja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive rýja
present participle rýjandi
past participle rúinn
indicative present past
1st-person singular rý rúða
2nd-person singular rýr rúðir
3rd-person singular rýr rúði
1st-person plural rýjum rúðum
2nd-person plural rýið rúðuð
3rd-person plural rýja rúðu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular rýja rýða
2nd-person singular rýir rýðir
3rd-person singular rýi rýði
1st-person plural rýim rýðim
2nd-person plural rýið rýðið
3rd-person plural rýi rýði
imperative present
2nd-person singular rý
1st-person plural rýjum
2nd-person plural rýið
Conjugation of rýja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive rýjask
present participle rýjandisk
past participle rúizk
indicative present past
1st-person singular rýjumk rúðumk
2nd-person singular rýsk rúðisk
3rd-person singular rýsk rúðisk
1st-person plural rýjumsk rúðumsk
2nd-person plural rýizk rúðuzk
3rd-person plural rýjask rúðusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular rýjumk rýðumk
2nd-person singular rýisk rýðisk
3rd-person singular rýisk rýðisk
1st-person plural rýimsk rýðimsk
2nd-person plural rýizk rýðizk
3rd-person plural rýisk rýðisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular rýsk
1st-person plural rýjumsk
2nd-person plural rýizk

Descendants
  • Icelandic: rýja

References
  • rýja in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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