leðja

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse leðja, from Proto-Germanic *ladjō-, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂t- (“moist, wet”), and cognate with Welsh llaid (“mire”), Lithuanian latakas (“gutter”), Latin latex.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛðja/
    Rhymes: -ɛðja

Noun

leðja f (genitive singular leðju, no plural)

  1. mud, muck

Declension
declension of leðja
f-w1 singular
indefinite definite
nominative leðja leðjan
accusative leðju leðjuna
dative leðju leðjunni
genitive leðju leðjunnar

References
  1. Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 639a
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