spyrja

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse spyrja, from Proto-Germanic *spurjaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɪɹja/

  Rhymes: -ɪɹja

Verb

spyrja (third person singular past indicative spurdi, third person plural past indicative spurdu, supine spurt)

1. to ask

   Hví spyrt tú meg?

   Why do you ask me?

Conjugation

   Conjugation of spyrja

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infinitive	spyrja
present participle	spyrjandi
past participle a7	spurdur
supine	spurt
number	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	all
indicative	eg	tú	hann/hon/tað	vit, tit, teir/tær/tey, tygum
present	spyrji	spyrt	spyr	spyrja
past	spurdi	spurdi	spurdi	spurdu
imperative	–	tú	–	tit
present	—	spyr!	—	spyrið!

Antonyms

• svara

See also

• tosa
• práta
• fortelja

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse spyrja, from Proto-Germanic *spurjaną. Cognate with Old English spyrian, German spüren, Danish spørge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɪrja/

  Rhymes: -ɪrja

• IPA^(key): /ˈspʏrja/

Verb

spyrja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative spurði, supine spurt)

1. to ask

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

spyrja (present tense spør, past tense spurde, past participle spurt)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 1938; superseded by spørja