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Weak neuters

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They end in -a in the singular in all cases. The plural ends in -u (but the genitive plural in -na) without further alterations with the exception of hjarta (heart) which becomes hjörtu in the plural through u-breaking. Some borrowings may exhibit similar behaviour, e.g, singular drama, plural drömu. Most of these are words for organs.

An almost exhaustive list follows:

auga (eye) - en:auga - ja:auga
bjúga (a type of sausage) - en:bjúga - ja:bjúga
eista (testicle) - en:eista - ja:eista
eyra (ear) - en:eyra - ja:eyra
hjarta (heart) - en:hjarta - ja:hjarta
hnoða (a woollen ball, most often encountered in fairy-tales) - en:hnoða - ja:hnoða
lunga (lung) - en:lunga - ja:lunga
milta (spleen) - en:milta - ja:milta
nýra (kidney) - en:nýra - ja:nýra

Then there are a small number of borrowings like firma, drama, þema etc. none of which require translation.

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