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 (group v-23)
infinitive	spyrja
supine	spurt
participle (a7)1	spyrjandi	spurdur
	present	past
first singular	spyrji	spurdi
second singular	spyrt	spurdi
third singular	spyr	spurdi
plural	spyrja	spurdu
	imperative
singular	spyr!
plural	spyrið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

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/
• Rhymes: -ʏrja

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²spʏrjɑ/

Verb

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

1. (pre-1938) alternative form of spørja (“to ask”)

References

• “spyrja” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *spurjaną.

Verb

spyrja

1. to trace steps or footprints
2. to investigate, to find out
3. to ask
4. to hear, be informed of

Conjugation

Conjugation of spyrja — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	spyrja
present participle	spyrjandi
past participle	spurðr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	spyr	spurða
2nd-person singular	spyrr	spurðir
3rd-person singular	spyrr	spurði
1st-person plural	spyrjum	spurðum
2nd-person plural	spyrið	spurðuð
3rd-person plural	spyrja	spurðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	spyrja	spyrða
2nd-person singular	spyrir	spyrðir
3rd-person singular	spyri	spyrði
1st-person plural	spyrim	spyrðim
2nd-person plural	spyrið	spyrðið
3rd-person plural	spyri	spyrði
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	spyr
1st-person plural	spyrjum
2nd-person plural	spyrið

Conjugation of spyrja — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	spyrjask
present participle	spyrjandisk
past participle	spyrzk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	spyrjumk	spurðumk
2nd-person singular	spyrsk	spurðisk
3rd-person singular	spyrsk	spurðisk
1st-person plural	spyrjumsk	spurðumsk
2nd-person plural	spyrizk	spurðuzk
3rd-person plural	spyrjask	spurðusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	spyrjumk	spyrðumk
2nd-person singular	spyrisk	spyrðisk
3rd-person singular	spyrisk	spyrðisk
1st-person plural	spyrimsk	spyrðimsk
2nd-person plural	spyrizk	spyrðizk
3rd-person plural	spyrisk	spyrðisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	spyrsk
1st-person plural	spyrjumsk
2nd-person plural	spyrizk

Synonyms

• fregna

Descendants

• Icelandic: spyrja
• Faroese: spyrja
• Norwegian Nynorsk: spyrja, spørja; (dialectal) spurja, spær, spår
• Westrobothnian: spöri
• Old Swedish: spyria
  • Swedish: spörja
• Old Danish: spyriæ, spørghe, spøriæ
  • Danish: spørge
    • Norwegian Bokmål: spørre (partly from dialectal spørja)

References

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