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hrífa

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Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse hrífa (rake), cognate with Danish rive. From the following verb.

Noun

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hrífa f (genitive singular hrífu, nominative plural hrífur)

  1. rake
Declension
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Declension of hrífa (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hrífa hrífan hrífur hrífurnar
accusative hrífu hrífuna hrífur hrífurnar
dative hrífu hrífunni hrífum hrífunum
genitive hrífu hrífunnar hrífa, hrífna hrífanna, hrífnanna

Etymology 2

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From Old Norse hrífa (to grip, snatch), from Proto-Germanic *hrībaną (to grip, snatch), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- (to scratch). Has become conflated with Proto-Germanic *rīfaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyp- (to tear), in each subsequent daughter language, cf. Old English gehrīfnian (to become fierce, rapacious) and Old Frisian hrīva (to tear). Ultimately the sense is 'to make an impression on'.

Verb

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hrífa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative hreif, third-person plural past indicative hrifu, supine hrifið)

  1. to enchant, to carry away, to move someone [intransitive or with accusative]
  2. (intransitive) to become effective, to take effect
    Lyfið hreif mjög fljótt.
    The drug took effect very quickly.
Conjugation
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hrífa – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur hrífa
supine sagnbót hrifið
present participle
hrífandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég hríf hreif hrífi hrifi
þú hrífur hreifst hrífir hrifir
hann, hún, það hrífur hreif hrífi hrifi
plural við hrífum hrifum hrífum hrifum
þið hrífið hrifuð hrífið hrifuð
þeir, þær, þau hrífa hrifu hrífi hrifu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú hríf (þú), hrífðu
plural þið hrífið (þið), hrífiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
hrífast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive nafnháttur hrífast
supine sagnbót hrifist
present participle
hrífandist (rare; see appendix)
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég hrífst hreifst hrífist hrifist
þú hrífst hreifst hrífist hrifist
hann, hún, það hrífst hreifst hrífist hrifist
plural við hrífumst hrifumst hrífumst hrifumst
þið hrífist hrifust hrífist hrifust
þeir, þær, þau hrífast hrifust hrífist hrifust
imperative boðháttur
singular þú hrífst (þú), hrífstu
plural þið hrífist (þið), hrífisti1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
hrifinn — 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)
hrifinn hrifin hrifið hrifnir hrifnar hrifin
accusative
(þolfall)
hrifinn hrifna hrifið hrifna hrifnar hrifin
dative
(þágufall)
hrifnum hrifinni hrifnu hrifnum hrifnum hrifnum
genitive
(eignarfall)
hrifins hrifinnar hrifins hrifinna hrifinna hrifinna
weak declension
(veik beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
hrifni hrifna hrifna hrifnu hrifnu hrifnu
accusative
(þolfall)
hrifna hrifnu hrifna hrifnu hrifnu hrifnu
dative
(þágufall)
hrifna hrifnu hrifna hrifnu hrifnu hrifnu
genitive
(eignarfall)
hrifna hrifnu hrifna hrifnu hrifnu hrifnu
Derived terms
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