No. 766 in Icelandic

nýjar

"New" (feminine plural form in Icelandic).

In a sentence

Ég keypti nýjar bækur í gær.
I bought new books yesterday.
Here, 'nýjar' is used as an adjective describing the plural feminine noun 'bækur' (books), meaning 'new'.
Við fengum nýjar hugmyndir frá kennaranum.
We received new ideas from the teacher.
In this sentence, 'nýjar' again functions as a descriptive adjective for the plural feminine noun 'hugmyndir' (ideas), indicating something fresh or recent.
Hún sýndi mér nýjar leiðir til að leysa verkefni.
She showed me new ways to solve the assignment.
Here, 'nýjar' describes the plural feminine noun 'leiðir' (ways), meaning innovative or newly considered.

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