verpa
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Faroese[edit]
Verb[edit]
verpa
- to lay (eggs)
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of verpa
| verpa, v-49 | ||||
| number | singular | plural | ||
| person | first | second | third | all |
| Indicative | eg | tú | hann / hon tað |
vit, tit, teir / tær / tey tygum |
| Present | verpi | verpur | verpur | verpa |
| Past | varp | varpst | varp | vurpu |
| Imperative | tú | tit | ||
| Present | — | verp ! | — | verpið ! |
| Infinitive | verpa | |||
| Pres. part. | verpandi | |||
| Past part. a34 | vorpin | |||
| Supine | vorpið | |||
Icelandic[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Norse verpa, from Proto-Germanic *werpaną.
Verb[edit]
verpa strong verb (third person singular past indicative varp, third person plural past indicative urpu, supine orpið) or
verpa weak verb (third person singular past indicative verpti, supine verpt)
- (transitive, intransitive, with dative) to lay (an egg)
- Hænan verpti eggi.
- The chicken laid an egg.
- Hænan verpti eggi.
Usage notes[edit]
The strong conjugation is the original one, but the weak one is becoming more usual. They are also commonly mixed together.
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- verpa öndinni léttar (to heave a sigh of relief)
Etymology 2[edit]
Causative of verpa (1). From Proto-Germanic *warpijaną.
Verb[edit]
verpa weak verb (third person singular past indicative verpti, supine verpt)
- (transitive, with accusative) to twist, wind, contort
Conjugation[edit]
verpa — active voice (germynd)
| infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að verpa | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine (sagnbót) |
verpt | ||||
| present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
verpandi | ||||
| indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) |
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| present (nútíð) |
ég verpi | við verpum | present (nútíð) |
ég verpi | við verpum |
| þú verpir | þið verpið | þú verpir | þið verpið | ||
| hann, hún, það verpir | þeir, þær, þau verpa | hann, hún, það verpi | þeir, þær, þau verpi | ||
| past (þátíð) |
ég verpti | við verptum | past (þátíð) |
ég verpti | við verptum |
| þú verptir | þið verptuð | þú verptir | þið verptuð | ||
| hann, hún, það verpti | þeir, þær, þau verptu | hann, hún, það verpti | þeir, þær, þau verptu | ||
| imperative (boðháttur) |
verp (þú) | verpið (þið) | |||
| Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
| verptu | verpiði * | ||||
| * Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. | |||||
| infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að verpast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine (sagnbót) |
verpst | ||||
| present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
verpandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses |
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| indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) |
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| present (nútíð) |
ég verpist | við verpumst | present (nútíð) |
ég verpist | við verpumst |
| þú verpist | þið verpist | þú verpist | þið verpist | ||
| hann, hún, það verpist | þeir, þær, þau verpast | hann, hún, það verpist | þeir, þær, þau verpist | ||
| past (þátíð) |
ég verptist | við verptumst | past (þátíð) |
ég verptist | við verptumst |
| þú verptist | þið verptust | þú verptist | þið verptust | ||
| hann, hún, það verptist | þeir, þær, þau verptust | hann, hún, það verptist | þeir, þær, þau verptust | ||
| imperative (boðháttur) |
verpst (þú) | verpist (þið) | |||
| Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
| verpstu | verpisti * | ||||
| * Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. | |||||
verptur — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
| strong declension (sterk beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
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| nominative (nefnifall) |
verptur | verpt | verpt | verptir | verptar | verpt | |
| accusative (þolfall) |
verptan | verpta | verpt | verpta | verptar | verpt | |
| dative (þágufall) |
verptum | verptri | verptu | verptum | verptum | verptum | |
| genitive (eignarfall) |
verpts | verptrar | verpts | verptra | verptra | verptra | |
| weak declension (veik beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
| masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
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| nominative (nefnifall) |
verpti | verpta | verpta | verptu | verptu | verptu | |
| accusative (þolfall) |
verpta | verptu | verpta | verptu | verptu | verptu | |
| dative (þágufall) |
verpta | verptu | verpta | verptu | verptu | verptu | |
| genitive (eignarfall) |
verpta | verptu | verpta | verptu | verptu | verptu | |
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Possibly borrowed from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *werpō
Noun[edit]
verpa (genitive verpae); f, first declension
Declension[edit]
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | verpa | verpae |
| genitive | verpae | verpārum |
| dative | verpae | verpīs |
| accusative | verpam | verpās |
| ablative | verpā | verpīs |
| vocative | verpa | verpae |
