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==Icelandic==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|is|non|einnhverr}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|is|/ˈein.xʷɛːr/}}
* {{IPA|is|/ˈein̥kvɛːr/}}
* {{IPA|is|/ˈeihkvɛːr/}} (colloquial)

===Pronoun===
{{head|is|pronoun|cat2=indefinite pronouns|feminine|einhver|neuter|eitthvert|or|eitthvað}}

# {{lb|is|indefinite}} [[somebody]], [[some]], [[someone]], [[something]] (''abbreviation'' '''[[e-r]]''')
#* Isaiah 40 ([http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jesaja+40&version=ICELAND Icelandic], [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jesaja%2040&version=NIV English])
#*: ''Heyr, '''einhver''' segir: "Kalla þú!" Og ég svara: "Hvað skal ég kalla?" "Allt hold er gras og allur yndisleikur þess sem blóm vallarins. Grasið visnar, blómin fölna, þegar Drottinn andar á þau. Sannlega, mennirnir eru gras. Grasið visnar, blómin fölna, en orð Guðs vors stendur stöðugt eilíflega."''
#*:: Hark, '''someone's''' voice says, "Cry out." And I said, "What shall I cry?" "All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field. The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of the LORD blows on them. Surely the people are grass. The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever."
#: {{ux|is|Þekkir þú '''einhvern''' sem notar Linux?|Do you know '''someone''' who uses Linux?}}
#: {{ux|is|Ég kann '''eitthvað''' í japönsku.|I know '''a little''' Japanese.}}

====Usage notes====
* The neuter singular form {{m|is|eitthvert}} is used [[attributive]]ly ({{m|is|hliðstæður|hliðstætt}}), i.e. with a [[noun]] while the neuter singular form {{m|is|eitthvað}} is used [[substantive]]ly ({{m|is|sérstæður|sérstætt}}):
*: {{uxi|is|Heyrðirðu '''eitthvað'''?|Did you hear '''something'''?}}
*: {{webofscience|3178|Er '''eitthvert''' sannleikskorn í grísku goðsögunum?|Is there '''some''' grain of truth to the Greek myths?}}
{{senseid|is|abbreviation|tag=p}}
* This word has a peculiar style of abbreviation, which not used with any other word:
** {{m|is|einhver}} is abbreviated as {{m|is|e-r}}
** {{m|is|eitthvað}} is abbreviated as {{m|is|e-ð}}
** {{m|is|einhverju}} is abbreviated as {{m|is|e-u}}
** {{m|is|einhverjum}} is abbreviated as {{m|is|e-m}}
** {{m|is|einhvern}} is abbreviated as {{m|is|e-n}}
** {{m|is|einhvers}} is abbreviated as {{m|is|e-s}}
** {{m|is|einhverri}} is abbreviated as {{m|is|e-i}}
** {{m|is|einhverja}} is abbreviated as {{m|is|e-a}}
:The above abbreviation is the standard and is used in both formal and informal writing. It is however rarely used by younger speakers (born after ca. 1985). Instead younger speakers often either do not abbreviate this word or they use the non-standard {{m|is|eh}} or {{m|is|e-h}} (abbreviated from '''''e'''in'''h'''ver''), with {{m|is|eh}} being very widespread in online messaging, although many consider it extremely informal or simply invalid.{{senseid-close|tag=p}}

====Declension====
{{is-decl-pron-einhver}}

====Derived terms====
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* {{l|is|að einhverju leyti}} (in part)
* {{l|is|einhverju sinni}}
* {{l|is|einhvern daginn}}
* {{l|is|einhvern tíma}}
* {{l|is|einhvern veginn}}
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