veira

Icelandic

Etymology

Coined by Director General of public health Vilmundur Jónsson in 1955 based on feyra (“putridness, mustiness; decay”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈveiːra/
    Rhymes: -eiːra

Noun

veira f (genitive singular veiru, nominative plural veirur)

  1. virus (DNA/RNA causing disease)
  2. computer virus

Declension
declension of veira
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative veira veiran veirur veirurnar
accusative veiru veiruna veirur veirurnar
dative veiru veirunni veirum veirunum
genitive veiru veirunnar veira veiranna

Synonyms

References
  • Sapir, Yair, Zuckermann, Ghil'ad (2008) “Icelandic: Phonosemantic matching”, in Judith Rosenhouse & Rotem Kowner, editors, Globally speaking: Motives for adopting English vocabulary in other languages‎, Clevedon-Buffalo-Toronto: Multilingual Matters, pages 19–43
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