signa

See also: Signa, signá, and signà

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin signa, nominative plural of signum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪɡnə/

Noun

signa

1. plural of signum

Anagrams

• Agins, Gains, Nagis, Siang, gains, ginas, ingas

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Catalan

Verb

signa

1. third-person singular present indicative form of signar
2. second-person singular imperative form of signar

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Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪkna/
• Rhymes: -ɪkna

Etymology 1

From Old Norse signa.

Verb

signa (third person singular past indicative signaði, third person plural past indicative signaðu, supine signað)

1. to drop, sink, collapse, stagger, slump

   signa niður

   drop (down)

2. to be unsafe or shaky

   Hann kendi, hvussu tað signaði undir fótinum.

   He felt that the ground was unsafe/shaky.

3. to be bogged down

   Bilurin signaði niður.

   The car was bogged down.

Conjugation

Conjugation of signa (group v-30)
infinitive	signa
supine	signað
participle (a6)1	signandi	signaður
	present	past
first singular	signi	signaði
second singular	signar	signaði
third singular	signar	signaði
plural	signa	signaðu
	imperative
singular	signa!
plural	signið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse signa, from Latin signō.

Verb

signa (third person singular past indicative signaði, third person plural past indicative signaðu, supine signað)

1. to bless

   signa seg

   to cross oneself

Conjugation

Conjugation of signa (group v-30)
infinitive	signa
supine	signað
participle (a6)1	signandi	signaður
	present	past
first singular	signi	signaði
second singular	signar	signaði
third singular	signar	signaði
plural	signa	signaðu
	imperative
singular	signa!
plural	signið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

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French

Pronunciation

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Verb

signa

1. third-person singular past historic of signer

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪkna/
• Rhymes: -ɪkna

Verb

signa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative signdi, supine signt)

1. used in set phrases

Derived terms

• signa sig (“to cross oneself, to make the sign of the cross”)

See also

• kross

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Latin

Verb

signā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of signō

Noun

signa

1. nominative plural of signum
2. accusative plural of signum
3. vocative plural of signum

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

signa

1. indefinite plural of signum

Verb

signa

1. past tense of signe
2. past participle of signe

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• signe (e- and split infinitives)

Etymology

From Old Norse signa, from Latin sīgnō. Doublet of signere.

Verb

signa (present tense signar, past tense signa, past participle signa, passive infinitive signast, present participle signande, imperative sign)

1. (transitive) to bless
2. (transitive, Christianity) to make the sign of the cross upon

References

• “signa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• gnisa, snagi

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Old Norse

Etymology 1

Probably from siginn, past participle of the verb síga.

Verb

signa

1. (intransitive) to sink, slide down

Conjugation

Conjugation of signa — active (weak class 2)

infinitive	segna
present participle	segnandi
past participle	segnaðr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	segna	segnaða
2nd-person singular	segnar	segnaðir
3rd-person singular	segnar	segnaði
1st-person plural	segnum	segnuðum
2nd-person plural	segnið	segnuðuð
3rd-person plural	segna	segnuðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	segna	segnaða
2nd-person singular	segnir	segnaðir
3rd-person singular	segni	segnaði
1st-person plural	segnim	segnaðim
2nd-person plural	segnið	segnaðið
3rd-person plural	segni	segnaði
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	segna
1st-person plural	segnum
2nd-person plural	segnið

Conjugation of signa — mediopassive (weak class 2)

infinitive	segnask
present participle	segnandisk
past participle	segnazk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	segnumk	segnuðumk
2nd-person singular	segnask	segnaðisk
3rd-person singular	segnask	segnaðisk
1st-person plural	segnumsk	segnuðumsk
2nd-person plural	segnizk	segnuðuzk
3rd-person plural	segnask	segnuðusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	segnumk	segnuðumk
2nd-person singular	segnisk	segnaðisk
3rd-person singular	segnisk	segnaðisk
1st-person plural	segnimsk	segnaðimsk
2nd-person plural	segnizk	segnaðizk
3rd-person plural	segnisk	segnaðisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	segnask
1st-person plural	segnumsk
2nd-person plural	segnizk

Descendants

• Faroese: signa
• Norwegian Nynorsk: segne

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Latin sīgnō.

Verb

signa

1. (transitive) to bless
2. (transitive, Christianity) to sign with the sign of the cross
3. (transitive, Paganism) to mark with the sign og Thor's hammer
4. (transitive, Paganism) to dedicate to a god

Conjugation

Conjugation of signa — active (weak class 2)

infinitive	segna
present participle	segnandi
past participle	segnaðr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	segna	segnaða
2nd-person singular	segnar	segnaðir
3rd-person singular	segnar	segnaði
1st-person plural	segnum	segnuðum
2nd-person plural	segnið	segnuðuð
3rd-person plural	segna	segnuðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	segna	segnaða
2nd-person singular	segnir	segnaðir
3rd-person singular	segni	segnaði
1st-person plural	segnim	segnaðim
2nd-person plural	segnið	segnaðið
3rd-person plural	segni	segnaði
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	segna
1st-person plural	segnum
2nd-person plural	segnið

Conjugation of signa — mediopassive (weak class 2)

infinitive	segnask
present participle	segnandisk
past participle	segnazk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	segnumk	segnuðumk
2nd-person singular	segnask	segnaðisk
3rd-person singular	segnask	segnaðisk
1st-person plural	segnumsk	segnuðumsk
2nd-person plural	segnizk	segnuðuzk
3rd-person plural	segnask	segnuðusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	segnumk	segnuðumk
2nd-person singular	segnisk	segnaðisk
3rd-person singular	segnisk	segnaðisk
1st-person plural	segnimsk	segnaðimsk
2nd-person plural	segnizk	segnaðizk
3rd-person plural	segnisk	segnaðisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	segnask
1st-person plural	segnumsk
2nd-person plural	segnizk

Descendants

• Faroese: signa
• Norwegian Nynorsk: signa, signe
• Norwegian Bokmål: signe

References

• signa (1) in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• signa (2) in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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Spanish

Verb

signa

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of signar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of signar.