lengi

Friulian

Alternative forms

  • lenzi (standard orthography)

Verb

lengi

  1. alternative form of lenzi

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse lengi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈleiɲcɪ]
    Rhymes: -eiɲcɪ

Adverb

lengi (comparative lengur, superlative lengst)

  1. long (for a long time)

Usage notes

The adverb lengi is categorised as one of the tíðaratviksorð or “adverbs of time”.

Derived terms

Old High German

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *langī, from Proto-Germanic *langį̄; equivalent to lang (“long”) +‎ -ī.

Noun

lengī f

  1. length

Declension

Declension of lengī (īn-stem)
case singular plural
nominative lengī —
accusative lengī —
genitive lengī —
dative lengī —

Descendants

  • Middle High German: lenge
    • Alemannic German: Längi
      • Alsatian: Länga
      • Swabian: Läng
    • Bavarian: Läng, Leng
    • Central Franconian: Läng, Leng
      Hunsrik: Leng
    • German: Länge
    • Rhine Franconian: Läng, Leng
      • Palatine German: Läng
      • Pennsylvania German: Leng
    • Vilamovian: łeń
    • Yiddish: לענג (leng)

Old Norse

Etymology

Possibly from an accusative case form of Proto-Germanic *langį̄.

Adverb

lengi (comparative lengr, superlative lengst)

  1. long (for a long time)

Descendants

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “lengi”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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