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)
- virus (DNA/RNA causing disease)
- 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
- (pathological virus): vírus
- (computer virus): vírus, tölvuveira, tölvuvírus
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