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eftir.

after (temporal; e.g., after Sunday)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Íslenska language

Meaning & usage

prep[ɛftɪr][ɛhtɪr][ˈɛftɪr]
  1. after (temporal; e.g., after Sunday)

  2. after, in (temporal; e.g., after three days)

    Ég kem eftir tíu mínútur.
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse eptir, eptr, from Proto-Germanic *aftiri (“more aft, further behind”), *after, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epóteros (“further behind, further away”), comparative form of *h₂epó (“off, behind”).

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