birkja
Old Norse
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *birkijǭ.
Noun
birkja f (genitive birkju)
- birch juice
Declension
Declension of birkja (weak jōn-stem)
| feminine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | birkja | birkjan | birkjur | birkjurnar |
| accusative | birkju | birkjuna | birkjur | birkjurnar |
| dative | birkju | birkjunni | birkjum | birkjunum |
| genitive | birkju | birkjunnar | birkna | birknanna |
Related terms
- birki-
- birkinn (“birchen”)
- bjǫrk f (“birch”)
Descendants
- Norwegian Nynorsk: bjørkje f
References
- birkja in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Etymology 2
From bǫrkr (“bark”).
Verb
birkja (singular past indicative birkti, plural past indicative birkta, past participle {{{3}}})
- to bark, to strip off the bark from a tree
Conjugation
Conjugation of birkja — active (weak class 1)
| infinitive | birkja | |
|---|---|---|
| present participle | birkjandi | |
| past participle | birktr | |
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | birki | birkta |
| 2nd-person singular | birkir | birktir |
| 3rd-person singular | birkir | birkti |
| 1st-person plural | birkjum | birktum |
| 2nd-person plural | birkið | birktuð |
| 3rd-person plural | birkja | birktu |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | birkja | birkta |
| 2nd-person singular | birkir | birktir |
| 3rd-person singular | birki | birkti |
| 1st-person plural | birkim | birktim |
| 2nd-person plural | birkið | birktið |
| 3rd-person plural | birki | birkti |
| imperative | present | |
| 2nd-person singular | birk | |
| 1st-person plural | birkjum | |
| 2nd-person plural | birkið | |
Conjugation of birkja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
| infinitive | birkjask | |
|---|---|---|
| present participle | birkjandisk | |
| past participle | birkzk | |
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | birkjumk | birktumk |
| 2nd-person singular | birkisk | birktisk |
| 3rd-person singular | birkisk | birktisk |
| 1st-person plural | birkjumsk | birktumsk |
| 2nd-person plural | birkizk | birktuzk |
| 3rd-person plural | birkjask | birktusk |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | birkjumk | birktumk |
| 2nd-person singular | birkisk | birktisk |
| 3rd-person singular | birkisk | birktisk |
| 1st-person plural | birkimsk | birktimsk |
| 2nd-person plural | birkizk | birktizk |
| 3rd-person plural | birkisk | birktisk |
| imperative | present | |
| 2nd-person singular | birksk | |
| 1st-person plural | birkjumsk | |
| 2nd-person plural | birkizk | |
Descendants
- Norwegian Nynorsk: berka, berke, berkja, berkje
References
- birkja in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “birkja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.