/ˈspiːja/
UppruniFrom Old Norse spýja (compare Faroese spýggja, Norwegian, Swedish and Danish spy), from Proto-Germanic *spīwaną, whence also Dutch spuwen, German speien, English spew, Gothic 𐍃𐍀𐌴𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽 (speiwan). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ptyēw- (“to spit, vomit”). Non-Germanic cognates include Old Armenian թուք (tʻukʻ), Persian تف (“spittle”), Ossetian ту (tu, “spittle”), Ancient Greek πτύω (ptúō, “I spit out”), Latin spuo, Old Church Slavonic пльвати (plĭvati) (Russian плевать (plevatʹ)) and Sanskrit ष्ठीवति (ṣṭhīvati, “to spit”).
- strong, verb, weakto vomit
- strong, verb, weakto spit out, make gush forth
- femininevomit
- femininea thick shower of rain in windy conditions
- femininea small avalanche
Beygingarspýja(canonical) · spjó(indicative, past, singular, third-person) · spjóu(indicative, past, plural, third-person) · spúið(supine) · spúði(indicative, past, singular, third-person) · spýju(genitive, singular) · spýjur(nominative, plural) · spýja(indefinite, nominative, singular) · spýjan(definite, nominative, singular) · spýjur(indefinite, nominative, plural) · spýjurnar(definite, nominative, plural) · spýju(accusative, indefinite, singular) · spýjuna(accusative, definite, singular) · spýjur(accusative, indefinite, plural) · spýjurnar(accusative, definite, plural) · spýju(dative, indefinite, singular) · spýjunni(dative, definite, singular) · spýjum(dative, indefinite, plural) · spýjunum(dative, definite, plural) · spýju(genitive, indefinite, singular)