drepa

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse drepa.

Verb

drepa (third person singular past indicative drap, third person plural past indicative drópu, supine dripið)

1. to kill
2. (chess) to capture
3. to dip
4. to move
5. to get wet
6. to drop

Conjugation

Conjugation of drepa (group v-56)
infinitive	drepa
supine	dripið
participle (a26)1	drepandi	dripin
	present	past
first singular	drepi	drap
second singular	drepur	drapst
third singular	drepur	drap
plural	drepa	drópu
	imperative
singular	drep!
plural	drepið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Synonyms

• (kill): taka lívið av, taka av døgum, avlíva, veita bana, sláa í hel
• (capture): taka, beina fyri
• (dip): dýva, stinga
• (move): rørast
• (get wet): vatndrukna
• (drop): dryppa, leka

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse drepa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɛːpa/
• Rhymes: -ɛːpa

Verb

drepa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative drap, third-person plural past indicative drápu, supine drepið)

1. (transitive, intransitive, with accusative) to beat, hit
2. (transitive, intransitive, with accusative) to kill

   Ég drap hestinn.

   I killed the horse.

3. (chess, transitive, with accusative) to capture
4. (transitive, intransitive, with dative) to dip

   Að drepa fingri í lækinn.

   To dip a finger in the brook.

Conjugation

drepa — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að drepa
supine (sagnbót)		drepið
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		drepandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég drep	við drepum	present (nútíð)	ég drepi	við drepum
	þú drepur	þið drepið		þú drepir	þið drepið
	hann, hún, það drepur	þeir, þær, þau drepa		hann, hún, það drepi	þeir, þær, þau drepi
past (þátíð)	ég drap	við drápum	past (þátíð)	ég dræpi	við dræpum
	þú drapst	þið drápuð		þú dræpir	þið dræpuð
	hann, hún, það drap	þeir, þær, þau drápu		hann, hún, það dræpi	þeir, þær, þau dræpu
imperative (boðháttur)	drep (þú)	drepið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	dreptu	drepiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

drepast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að drepast
supine (sagnbót)		drepist
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		drepandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég drepst	við drepumst	present (nútíð)	ég drepist	við drepumst
	þú drepst	þið drepist		þú drepist	þið drepist
	hann, hún, það drepst	þeir, þær, þau drepast		hann, hún, það drepist	þeir, þær, þau drepist
past (þátíð)	ég drapst	við drápumst	past (þátíð)	ég dræpist	við dræpumst
	þú drapst	þið drápust		þú dræpist	þið dræpust
	hann, hún, það drapst	þeir, þær, þau drápust		hann, hún, það dræpist	þeir, þær, þau dræpust
imperative (boðháttur)	drepst (þú)	drepist (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	drepstu	drepisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

drepinn — 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)	drepinn	drepin	drepið		drepnir	drepnar	drepin
accusative (þolfall)	drepinn	drepna	drepið		drepna	drepnar	drepin
dative (þágufall)	drepnum	drepinni	drepnu		drepnum	drepnum	drepnum
genitive (eignarfall)	drepins	drepinnar	drepins		drepinna	drepinna	drepinna
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	drepni	drepna	drepna		drepnu	drepnu	drepnu
accusative (þolfall)	drepna	drepnu	drepna		drepnu	drepnu	drepnu
dative (þágufall)	drepna	drepnu	drepna		drepnu	drepnu	drepnu
genitive (eignarfall)	drepna	drepnu	drepna		drepnu	drepnu	drepnu

Derived terms

• drepa á dyr
• drepa á
• drepa á sér
• drepast

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

drepa (present tense drep, past tense drap, past participle drepe, passive infinitive drepast, present participle drepande, imperative drep)

1. Alternative form of drepe

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *drepaną (“to strike, push, beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *dhrebh-, *dhreb- (“to crack, crush, kill”); cognate with Old English drepan, German treffen (“hit, meet”).

Verb

drepa (singular past indicative drap, plural past indicative drápu, past participle drepinn)

1. to beat, to hit, to push, to knock
2. to kill, to slay
3. to capture (e.g. in chess)

Descendants

• Danish: dræbe
• Faroese: drepa
• Icelandic: drepa

• Norwegian (bokmål): drepe
• Norwegian (nynorsk): drepe/drepa
• Swedish: dräpa

References

• “drepa”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press

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Westrobothnian

Etymology

From , from , from , *dhreb- (“to crack, crush, kill”).

Verb

1. To kill, to slay.
2. To butcher.