kvika

Faroese

Verb

kvika (third person singular past indicative kvikaði, third person plural past indicative kvikaðu, supine kvikað)

1. to hasten, to hurry

Conjugation

Conjugation of kvika (group v-30)
infinitive	kvika
supine	kvikað
participle (a6)1	kvikandi	kvikaður
	present	past
first singular	kviki	kvikaði
second singular	kvikar	kvikaði
third singular	kvikar	kvikaði
plural	kvika	kvikaðu
	imperative
singular	kvika!
plural	kvikið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Synonyms

• skunda

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰvɪːka/

  Rhymes: -ɪːka

Noun

kvika f (genitive singular kviku, nominative plural kvikur)

1. quick (flesh under nails, hoofs, etc.)
2. (obsolete) spring, fount (place where water emerges from the ground)
3. (nautical) swell
4. quicksand
5. (geology) magma

Declension

declension of kvika

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kvika	kvikan	kvikur	kvikurnar
accusative	kviku	kvikuna	kvikur	kvikurnar
dative	kviku	kvikunni	kvikum	kvikunum
genitive	kviku	kvikunnar	kvika/kvikna	kvikanna/kviknanna

Synonyms

• (spring, fount): lind, uppspretta, uppsprettulind
• (swell): undiralda, gjúga
• (quicksand): kviksyndi, sandbleyta, sandkvika, sandyrja, sandysja, ysja

Verb

kvika (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kvikaði, supine kvikað)

1. (intransitive) to move, stir (of small movements)

Verb

kvika (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hvikaði, supine hvikað)

1. (intransitive) to move away, withdraw

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Old Norse

Alternative forms

• kvikva

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

Related to kvikr (“alive”).

Noun

kvika f

1. the quick (under nails, hoofs etc.)
2. (uncertain) polyps (in the nostrils)
3. running fluid

Declension

  Declension of kvika (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kvika	kvikan	kvikur	kvikurnar
accusative	kviku	kvikuna	kvikur	kvikurnar
dative	kviku	kvikunni	kvikum	kvikunum
genitive	kviku	kvikunnar	kvikna	kviknanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: kvika f
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kvik m, kvike m
• Norwegian Bokmål: kvik m, kvike m

References

• “kvika”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press