(málefni)

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n. circumstances of a case; gott málefni, a just case.

[mau:lεb̥nɪ]

záležitost, věc, otázka

[þjouðmaulεb̥nɪ]

1) (happenings etc which are connected with a particular person or thing: the Suez affair.) mál, málefni

2) (a thing: The new machine is a weird-looking affair.) hlutur

3) ((often in plural) business; concern(s): financial affairs; Where I go is entirely my own affair.) mál

4) (a love relationship: His wife found out about his affair with another woman.) ástarsamband

1) (occupation; buying and selling: Selling china is my business; The shop does more business at Christmas than at any other time.) starf; verslun, viðskipti

2) (a shop, a firm: He owns his own business.) fyrirtæki

3) (concern: Make it your business to help him; Let's get down to business (= Let's start the work etc that must be done).) mál, málefni

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- businesslike

1) (to have to do with: This order doesn't concern us; So far as I'm concerned, you can do what you like.) varða, snerta

2) ((with for or about) to make (usually oneself) uneasy: Don't concern yourself about her.) hafa áhyggjur af

3) ((with with or in) to interest (oneself) in: He doesn't concern himself with unimportant details.) hafa áhuga á

1) (something that concerns or belongs to one: His problems are not my concern.) mál, málefni

2) (anxiety: The condition of the patient is giving rise to concern.) áhyggja

3) (a business: a shoe-manufacturing concern.) fyrirtæki

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- concerning

1) (to give or send out, or to distribute, especially officially: The police issued a description of the criminal; Rifles were issued to the troops.) gefa út, dreifa

2) (to flow or come out (from something): A strange noise issued from the room.) koma úr/frá

1) (the act of issuing or process of being issued: Stamp collectors like to buy new stamps on the day of issue.) útgáfa

2) (one number in the series of a newspaper, magazine etc: Have you seen the latest issue of that magazine?) tölublað

3) (a subject for discussion and argument: The question of pay is not an important issue at the moment.) málefni

1) (solids, liquids and/or gases in any form, from which everything physical is made: The entire universe is made up of different kinds of matter.) efni

2) (a subject or topic (of discussion etc): a private matter; money matters.) málefni

3) (pus: The wound was infected and full of matter.) gröftur

- matter-of-fact

1) light, bright; l. dagr, a bright day; verða ljóst, to grow light, dawn;

2) bright, shining (hann hafði exi ljósa um öxl);

3) light-coloured, fair; l. á hár, light-haired, = ljóshárr; ljós vara, ermine;

4) clear, evident, plain (hitt er ljóst, at þeir muni vilja vera úvinir mínir); vil ek ljósan gera mik, I will speak out plainly, make a clean breast.

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adj., compar. ljósari, superl. ljósastr; gen. fem. sing. ljóssar, Vkv. 5, mod. ljósrar; dat. fem. sing. ljóssi, Korm. (in a verse), mod. ljósri; gen. pl. ljóssa, mod. ljósra:—light, bright, shining; ljóss ok fagr, Edda 7; ljóss dagr, a bright day, Sól. 12; ganga ljósum logum (allit.), with ‘light lowes,’ bright lights; um morguninn eptir er ljóst var, Hkr. i. 61; gera ljóst, to dawn, Anal. 228; verða ljóst, to grow light, dawn, Fms. ix. 21, Eg. 219: of metals, ljósa exi, a bright shining axe, Ld. 276; ljósan lé, a bright scythe, Fsm.; ljósir aurar, the bright gold, Sól. 34: of a light-coloured horse, ljóss hestr and Lýsingr, but the ancients said hvítr hestr: of hue, ljóss í andliti, Fms. ix. 535; líki ens ljósa mans, Hm. 91; þat ljósa lík, Sól. 12; löttu ávalt ljósar, the ‘bright,’ fair ones, i. e. the ladies, Am. 29; sinnar ljóssar kvánar, Vkv. 5: ljós vara, light ‘ware,’ ermine, Eg. 69: also of food, milk, and the like, whence ljósa-verk, n. dairy work, Nj. 185; cp. hvítr matr.

II. metaph. clear, evident, plain; ljóst er boðorð Drottins, Hom. 96; en hitt er ljóst, at …, Eg. 64; Egill segir í fám orðum it ljósasta um ferð sína, 409; hann kvaðsk hafa spurt af et ljósasta um hans erendi, Ld. 176; mæli ek því þetta svá ljóst, at ek veit …, Nj. 102; kallaði hann þá ljóst um málefni, Fms. vii. 141:—ljóss em ek í því, ek vil at …, I am clear in that matter …, Ísl. ii. 406; því vil ek ljósan gera mik, make a clean breast, Bs. i. 720: clear, easy to see, understand, and the like. Ljósa-vatn, n. Light-water, Bright-water, a local name, whence Ljós-vetningar, m. pl. the men from L., Nj., Landn.

adj. = rífligr, ample, large; mun eigi annat réligra en færa menn í slík vandræði, will not some other thing do better than the putting people into such difficulties? i. e. is it not better to take some other course? Lv. 96; ok nú má ok vera at til verdi nokkurir at veita Þorgils, þóat þín málefni sé rélegri, even though thy case be the better of the two, Sturl. i. 44.

1. jazyk, řeč (tungumál)

2. diskuze (orðræða)

3. záležitost, případ (málefni)