deyfð
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /teivð/
- Rhymes: -eivð
Noun
deyfð f (genitive singular deyfðar, no plural)
- apathy, inertia
Declension
declension of deyfð
| f-s2 | singular | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | deyfð | deyfðin |
| accusative | deyfð | deyfðina |
| dative | deyfð | deyfðinni |
| genitive | deyfðar | deyfðarinnar |
Related terms
- daufur (“deaf; dull; lifeless, vapid; wan, pallid”)
Old Norse
Etymology
From daufr (“deaf”).
Noun
deyfð f
- deafness
- Synonym: deyfi
Declension
Declension of deyfð (strong i-stem)
| feminine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | deyfð | deyfðin | deyfðir | deyfðirnar |
| accusative | deyfð | deyfðina | deyfðir | deyfðirnar |
| dative | deyfð | deyfðinni | deyfðum | deyfðunum |
| genitive | deyfðar | deyfðarinnar | deyfða | deyfðanna |
Related terms
- deyfa (“to deafen”)
References
- deyfð in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.