slokna

Faroese[edit]

From Old Norse slokna, from Old Norse slokinn, past participle of a verb from Proto-Germanic *slekwaną (“to go out; become extinguished”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lew- (“slack; loose; limp”). Related to English slocken.

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slokna (third person singular past indicative sloknaði, supine sloknað)

(of a fire, a light, etc.) to go out
- tað sloknar ikki hjá honum
  he doesn't stop smoking
(by extension) to die

Conjugation of slokna (group v-30)
infinitive	slokna
supine	sloknað
participle (a6)¹	sloknandi	sloknaður
	present	past
first singular	slokni	sloknaði
second singular	sloknar	sloknaði
third singular	sloknar	sloknaði
plural	slokna	sloknaðu
	imperative
singular	slokna!
plural	sloknið!
¹Only the past participle being declined.