geispa

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse geispa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaiːspa/, /ˈkaspa/

Verb

geispa (third person singular past indicative geispaði, third person plural past indicative geispaðu, supine geispað)

1. to yawn

Conjugation

Conjugation of geispa (group v-30)

infinitive	geispa
supine	geispað
	present	past
first singular	geispi	geispaði
second singular	geispar	geispaði
third singular	geispar	geispaði
plural	geispa	geispaðu
participle (a6)1	geispandi	geispaður
	imperative
singular	geispa!
plural	geispið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Derived terms

• geisp (yawn, yawning)

Further reading

• "geispa" at Sprotin.fo

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse geispa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈceispa/
• Rhymes: -eispa

Verb

geispa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative geispaði, supine geispað)

1. (intransitive) to yawn

Conjugation

geispa – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að geispa
supine sagnbót		geispt
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		geispandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	geispi	geispti		geispi	geispti
	þú	geispir	geisptir		geispir	geisptir
	hann, hún, það	geispir	geispti		geispi	geispti
plural	við	geispum	geisptum		geispum	geisptum
	þið	geispið	geisptuð		geispið	geisptuð
	þeir, þær, þau	geispa	geisptu		geispi	geisptu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	geisp (þú), geisptu
plural	þið	geispið (þið), geispiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Derived terms

• geispa golunni (“to kick the bucket”)

Related terms

• geispi

See also

• gapa
• morgunteygjur (“pandiculation”)
• syfjuteygjur (“pandiculation”)

Old Norse

Etymology

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Verb

geispa (singular past indicative geispta, plural past indicative geisptu, past participle geisptr)

1. to yawn

Conjugation

Conjugation of geispa — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	geispa
present participle	geispandi
past participle	geisptr
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	geispi	geispta		geispa	geispta
2nd person singular	geispir	geisptir		geispir	geisptir
3rd person singular	geispir	geispti		geispi	geispti
1st person plural	geispum	geisptum		geispim	geisptim
2nd person plural	geispið	geisptuð		geispið	geisptið
3rd person plural	geispa	geisptu		geispi	geispti
imperative	present
2nd person singular	geisp, geispi
1st person plural	geispum
2nd person plural	geispið

Descendants

• Icelandic: geispa
• Faroese: geispa
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gispe, geispe
• Norwegian Bokmål: gispe, gjespe
• Old Swedish: gespa, geespa
  • Swedish: gäspa
• Old Danish: gespæ, gespæn
  • Danish: gispe
• → Middle English: gaspen
  • English: gasp
  • Scots: gasp
  • Yola: gazb, gozb

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “geispa”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive