kveikja

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Icelandic[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

kveikja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kveikti, supine kveikt)

  1. to light, start (a fire), turn on (a light); also used of electric appliances and lamps with the preposition á (on).
    kveikja eld
    to light a fire

Conjugation[edit]

Noun[edit]

kveikja f (genitive singular kveikju, nominative plural kveikjur)

  1. something that starts a series of events
  2. inspiration

Declension[edit]

Noun[edit]

kveikja m

  1. indefinite genitive plural of kveikur