vaxið

Vaxið is an Icelandic word formed from the verb vaxa, meaning to grow or to increase. It functions as the neuter singular past participle of vaxa and is used as an adjective or in passive constructions to indicate that something has grown or become grown.

In grammar, vaxið behaves as a participle that agrees with the noun it modifies in number and gender. As a past participle it is commonly found with auxiliary verbs in perfect tenses, for example, phrases equivalent to "has grown" or "has become grown." In stative descriptions it can serve predicatively or attributively to express the state of growth.

Etymology and cognates: The Icelandic vaxa is part of the North Germanic branch of the Germanic languages, related to Old Norse vaxa and to the English verb to grow and the German wachsen. The form vaxið reflects the neuter singular past participle ending used in modern Icelandic.

See also: vaxa; vöxtur (growth); þroski (development).