æla
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Faroese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse æla (“to pour”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
æla (third person singular past indicative ælaði, third person plural past indicative ælaðu, supine ælað)
- to rain (rare: to hail, to snow), with pauses between (shower)
- (humorous) to weep on nothing (esp. children)
Usage notes[edit]
- hann ælur - "he" is showering ("he" = the weather)
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of æla (group v-30) | ||
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infinitive | æla | |
supine | ælað | |
participle (a6)1 | ælandi | ælaður |
present | past | |
first singular | æli | ælaði |
second singular | ælar | ælaði |
third singular | ælar | ælaði |
plural | æla | ælaðu |
imperative | ||
singular | æla! | |
plural | ælið! | |
1Only the past participle being declined. |
Derived terms[edit]
- see æl (shower)
Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse æla (“to pour, flow”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
æla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ældi, supine ælt)
- (transitive, intransitive, with dative object) to vomit
Conjugation[edit]
æla — active voice (germynd)
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að æla | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
ælt | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
ælandi | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég æli | við ælum | present (nútíð) |
ég æli | við ælum |
þú ælir | þið ælið | þú ælir | þið ælið | ||
hann, hún, það ælir | þeir, þær, þau æla | hann, hún, það æli | þeir, þær, þau æli | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég ældi | við ældum | past (þátíð) |
ég ældi | við ældum |
þú ældir | þið ælduð | þú ældir | þið ælduð | ||
hann, hún, það ældi | þeir, þær, þau ældu | hann, hún, það ældi | þeir, þær, þau ældu | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
æl (þú) | ælið (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
ældu | æliði * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
ældur — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension (sterk beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
nominative (nefnifall) |
ældur | æld | ælt | ældir | ældar | æld | |
accusative (þolfall) |
ældan | ælda | ælt | ælda | ældar | æld | |
dative (þágufall) |
ældum | ældri | ældu | ældum | ældum | ældum | |
genitive (eignarfall) |
ælds | ældrar | ælds | ældra | ældra | ældra | |
weak declension (veik beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
nominative (nefnifall) |
ældi | ælda | ælda | ældu | ældu | ældu | |
accusative (þolfall) |
ælda | ældu | ælda | ældu | ældu | ældu | |
dative (þágufall) |
ælda | ældu | ælda | ældu | ældu | ældu | |
genitive (eignarfall) |
ælda | ældu | ælda | ældu | ældu | ældu |
Synonyms[edit]
Noun[edit]
æla f (genitive singular ælu, nominative plural ælur)
Declension[edit]
declension of æla
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Old Norse[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the noun áll (“gully, a deep narrow channel in sea or river”), which according to Pokorny is from Proto-Indo-European *alg-, *alǵ- (“to be dirty, be slimy; frog; duckweed”).[1] However, compare elgur (“slush”).[2]
Verb[edit]
æla
References[edit]
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 305, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 305
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “algi”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 21
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- Faroese terms inherited from Old Norse
- Faroese terms derived from Old Norse
- Faroese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Faroese/ɛaːla
- Faroese terms with homophones
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese verbs
- Faroese humorous terms
- fo:Weather
- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic 2-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/aiːla
- Rhymes:Icelandic/aiːla/2 syllables
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic verbs
- Icelandic weak verbs
- Icelandic transitive verbs
- Icelandic intransitive verbs
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic feminine nouns
- Icelandic countable nouns
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse verbs