kvein

Icelandic

Etymology

Back-formation from kveina (“to wail; to lament”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kʰveiːn/
  • Rhymes: -eiːn

Noun

kvein n (genitive singular kveins, nominative plural kvein)

  1. wail, cry
  2. lamentation, lament

Declension
declension of kvein
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kvein kveinið kvein kveinin
accusative kvein kveinið kvein kveinin
dative kveini kveininu kveinum kveinunum
genitive kveins kveinsins kveina kveinanna

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

kvein

  1. past tense of kvina

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hvein.

Noun

kvein f (definite singular kveina, indefinite plural kveiner, definite plural kveinene)

  1. a thin blade of grass
  2. (collective) bentgrass
  3. a strand of hair

Adjective

kvein (neuter kveint, definite singular and plural kveine, comparative kveinare, indefinite superlative kveinast, definite superlative kveinaste)

  1. (about plant(s) or grass) thin, with few blades of leaves

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