veikja

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse veikja, from Proto-Germanic *waikwijaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈveiːca/
    Rhymes: -eiːca

Verb

veikja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative veikti, supine veikt)

  1. to debilitate, to make feeble; to weaken
  2. to impair, to undermine
    Kosningabaráttan veikti stöðu hennar frekar en að styrkja hana.
    The campaign for the election undermined her place rather than reinforcing it.
  3. to dilute
    veikja sýru.
    To dilute acid.

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • (to weaken): draga mátt úr
  • (to impair): skaða, grafa undan
  • (to dilute): deyfa

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse veikja, from Proto-Germanic *waikwijaną.

Alternative forms

Verb

veikja (present tense veikjer, past tense veikte, past participle veikt, passive infinitive veikjast, present participle veikjande, imperative veik)

  1. (transitive) to make weak or weaker

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

veikja f

  1. definite singular of veikje

References

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *waikwijaną. Related to víkva and veikr.

Verb

veikja

  1. (transitive) to bend

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Icelandic: veikja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: veika, veike, veikja, veikje

References

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