djúp
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tjuːp/
- Rhymes: -uːp
Noun
djúp n (genitive singular djúps, nominative plural djúp)
- depth
- Synonyms: dýpt, dýpi
Declension
declension of djúp
| n-s | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | djúp | djúpið | djúp | djúpin |
| accusative | djúp | djúpið | djúp | djúpin |
| dative | djúpi | djúpinu | djúpum | djúpunum |
| genitive | djúps | djúpsins | djúpa | djúpanna |
Related terms
- djúpur (“deep”)
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *deupaz.
Noun
djúp n
- deep water, deep place
- the deep sea, the deep
- pit
Declension
Declension of djúp (strong a-stem)
| neuter | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | djúp | djúpit | djúp | djúpin |
| accusative | djúp | djúpit | djúp | djúpin |
| dative | djúpi | djúpinu | djúpum | djúpunum |
| genitive | djúps | djúpsins | djúpa | djúpanna |
Related terms
- djúpr (“deep”)
Descendants
- Icelandic: djúp
- Norwegian Nynorsk: djup
- Norwegian Bokmål: dyp, djup
- Swedish: djup
- Danish: dyb
References
- djúp] in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.