verja – Icelandic noun declension

Icelandic noun forms of verja

Noun: verja
Gender: f
Declension:

Nominative

Sg. Indef.verja
Sg. Def.verjan
Pl. Indef.verjur
Pl. Def.verjurnar

Genitive

Sg. Indef.verju
Sg. Def.verjunnar
Pl. Indef.verja
Pl. Def.verjanna

Dative

Sg. Indef.verju
Sg. Def.verjunni
Pl. Indef.verjum
Pl. Def.verjunum

Accusative

Sg. Indef.verju
Sg. Def.verjuna
Pl. Indef.verjur
Pl. Def.verjurnar

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like verja

snupra, snerra, satíra, smiðja, slaufa, harmónikka, sjálfa, skyssa, munkahetta, skissa, skinka, skinna, skotta, skonsa, skessa, skepna, skeina, skemma, upprisa, tvísykra, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

From Old Norse verja, from Proto-Germanic *warjǭ. See: Old Norse Nouns 'verja'.

Translations

  • defend, ward off attacks against
  • save, to sports: to catch or deflect a shot at goal