eyðni

Icelandic

Etymology

From eyða (“to destroy”) +‎ -ni (“nominal suffix”), referring to the destruction of the immune system and chosen also as phono-semantic matching of English AIDS.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈeiðnɪ/
    Rhymes: -eiðnɪ

Noun

eyðni f (genitive singular eyðni, no plural)

  1. acquired immune deficiency syndrome; AIDS

Declension
declension of eyðni
f-w2 singular
indefinite definite
nominative eyðni eyðnin
accusative eyðni eyðnina
dative eyðni eyðninni
genitive eyðni eyðninnar

Synonyms

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
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