belgja

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛlca/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlca

Verb

belgja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative belgdi, supine belgt)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to inflate, to blow up

Conjugation

Noun

belgja

  1. indefinite genitive plural of belgur

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *balgijaną, causative of *belganą. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (to swell).

Verb

belgja

  1. to inflate, puff out

Conjugation

Descendants

References

  • belgja in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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