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leiður

leiður

Icelandic

Adjective

leiður ‎(comparative leiðari, superlative leiðastur)

  1. (archaic or poetic) wearisome, annoying
  2. annoyed, vexed; especially with preposition á: fed up (with), tired (of)
    Ég er orðinn leiður á þessu.
    I have grown tired of this. / I’m fed up with this.
  3. sad

Inflection

    positive (weak declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative leiði leiða leiða
accusative leiða leiðu leiða
dative leiða leiðu leiða
genitive leiða leiðu leiða
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative leiðu leiðu leiðu
accusative leiðu leiðu leiðu
dative leiðu leiðu leiðu
genitive leiðu leiðu leiðu
    comparative
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative leiðari leiðari leiðara
accusative leiðari leiðari leiðara
dative leiðari leiðari leiðara
genitive leiðari leiðari leiðara
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative leiðari leiðari leiðari
accusative leiðari leiðari leiðari
dative leiðari leiðari leiðari
genitive leiðari leiðari leiðari
    superlative (strong declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative leiðastur leiðust leiðast
accusative leiðastan leiðasta leiðast
dative leiðustum leiðastri leiðustu
genitive leiðasts leiðastrar leiðasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative leiðastir leiðastar leiðust
accusative leiðasta leiðastar leiðust
dative leiðustum leiðustum leiðustum
genitive leiðastra leiðastra leiðastra

Etymology

From Old Norse leiðr, from Proto-Germanic *laiþaz. Compare German leid, where "einer Sache leid sein" (to be tired of something), still has the same meaning like the Icelandic cognate.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈleiːðʏr/
    Rhymes: -eiːðʏr

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