bøya

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• bøyen

Noun

bøya m or f

1. definite feminine singular of bøye (Etymology 2)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• bøye (e- and split infinitives)
• bøygja (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Norse beygja, from Proto-Germanic *baugijaną. In the context of grammar, sense 3, it is a semantic loan from Latin dēclīnāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²bœʏɑ/

Verb

bøya (present tense bøyer, past tense bøygde, supine bøygd or bøygt, past participle bøygd, present participle bøyande, imperative bøy, mediopassive bøyast)

1. (transitive) to bend
2. (reflexive) to bow
3. (transitive, grammar) to inflect
   1. (nouns and adjectives) to decline
   2. (verbs) to conjugate

Related terms

• boge m (“a bow”)
• bøyast (mediopassive)

References

• “bøya” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.