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Faroese

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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orsaka (third person singular past indicative orsakaði, supine orsakað)

  1. to excuse, apologize

Conjugation

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Conjugation of orsaka (group v-30)
infinitive orsaka
supine orsakað
present past
first singular orsaki orsakaði
second singular orsakar orsakaði
third singular orsakar orsakaði
plural orsaka orsakaðu
participle (a6)1 orsakandi orsakaður
imperative
singular orsaka!
plural orsakið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

Interjection

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orsaka!

  1. excuse me!

Further reading

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"orsaka" at Sprotin.fo

Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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orsaka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative orsakaði, supine orsakað)

  1. to cause, to bring about [with accusative]
    Synonym: valda

Conjugation

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orsaka – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur orsaka
supine sagnbót orsakað
present participle
orsakandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég orsaka orsakaði orsaki orsakaði
þú orsakar orsakaðir orsakir orsakaðir
hann, hún, það orsakar orsakaði orsaki orsakaði
plural við orsökum orsökuðum orsökum orsökuðum
þið orsakið orsökuðuð orsakið orsökuðuð
þeir, þær, þau orsaka orsökuðu orsaki orsökuðu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú orsaka (þú), orsakaðu
plural þið orsakið (þið), orsakiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
orsakast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive nafnháttur orsakast
supine sagnbót orsakast
present participle
orsakandist (rare; see appendix)
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég orsakast orsakaðist orsakist orsakaðist
þú orsakast orsakaðist orsakist orsakaðist
hann, hún, það orsakast orsakaðist orsakist orsakaðist
plural við orsökumst orsökuðumst orsökumst orsökuðumst
þið orsakist orsökuðust orsakist orsökuðust
þeir, þær, þau orsakast orsökuðust orsakist orsökuðust
imperative boðháttur
singular þú orsakast (þú), orsakastu
plural þið orsakist (þið), orsakisti1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
orsakaður — 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)
orsakaður orsökuð orsakað orsakaðir orsakaðar orsökuð
accusative
(þolfall)
orsakaðan orsakaða orsakað orsakaða orsakaðar orsökuð
dative
(þágufall)
orsökuðum orsakaðri orsökuðu orsökuðum orsökuðum orsökuðum
genitive
(eignarfall)
orsakaðs orsakaðrar orsakaðs orsakaðra orsakaðra orsakaðra
weak declension
(veik beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
orsakaði orsakaða orsakaða orsökuðu orsökuðu orsökuðu
accusative
(þolfall)
orsakaða orsökuðu orsakaða orsökuðu orsökuðu orsökuðu
dative
(þágufall)
orsakaða orsökuðu orsakaða orsökuðu orsökuðu orsökuðu
genitive
(eignarfall)
orsakaða orsökuðu orsakaða orsökuðu orsökuðu orsökuðu
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From or (out of) +‎ sak (matter, case).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɔːrsaːka/, /uːrsaːka/

Verb

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orsaka (present tense orsakar, past tense orsaka, past participle orsaka, passive infinitive orsakast, present participle orsakande, imperative orsaka/orsak)

  1. to forgive
  2. (reflexive) to apologise
    Han neitta å orsaka seg.
    He refused to apologise.

References

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German orsaken, equivalent of orsak (a cause) +‎ -a. Cognate with Danish årsage, Norwegian Bokmål forårsake, Norwegian Nynorsk forårsake, forårsaka, Middle Dutch orsaken, older Dutch oorzaken and older German ursachen.[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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orsaka (present orsakar, preterite orsakade, supine orsakat, imperative orsaka)

  1. to cause

Conjugation

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Conjugation of orsaka (weak)
active passive
infinitive orsaka orsakas
supine orsakat orsakats
imperative orsaka
imper. plural1 orsaken
present past present past
indicative orsakar orsakade orsakas orsakades
ind. plural1 orsaka orsakade orsakas orsakades
subjunctive2 orsake orsakade orsakes orsakades
present participle orsakande
past participle orsakad

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms

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References

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Further reading

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