játa

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See also: jata, jätä, and jätå

Faroese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From French le jade, rebracketing of earlier l’éjade (jade), from Spanish piedra de ijada (flank stone), via Vulgar Latin *iliata from Latin ilia (flank).

Noun

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játa f (genitive singular játu, uncountable)

  1. (gems) jade

Declension

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Declension of játa (singular only)
f1s singular
indefinite definite
nominative játa játan
accusative játu játuna
dative játu játuni
genitive játu játunnar

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse játa, from Proto-Germanic *jaatjaną.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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játa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative játaði, supine játað)[1]

  1. (transitive, intransitive, with accusative) to confess, admit
    Það skal mikið til að fá hann til að játa.
    It will take a lot to get him to confess.
  2. (transitive, governs the dative) to assent to something

Conjugation

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Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ Ásgeir Blöndal MagnússonÍslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)