strjúka

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse strjúka, from Proto-Germanic *streukaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈstrjuːka]

  Rhymes: -uːka

Verb

strjúka (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative strauk, third-person plural past indicative struku, supine strokið)

1. to stroke [with dative]
2. to wipe
3. to run off (without leave, e.g. from home, prison, etc.)

Conjugation

strjúka – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að strjúka
supine sagnbót		strokið
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		strjúkandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	strýk	strauk		strjúki	stryki
	þú	strýkur	straukst		strjúkir	strykir
	hann, hún, það	strýkur	strauk		strjúki	stryki
plural	við	strjúkum	strukum		strjúkum	strykjum
	þið	strjúkið	strukuð		strjúkið	strykjuð
	þeir, þær, þau	strjúka	struku		strjúki	strykju
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	strjúk (þú), strjúktu
plural	þið	strjúkið (þið), strjúkiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

strjúkast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að strjúkast
supine sagnbót		strokist
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		strjúkandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	strýkst	straukst		strjúkist	strykist
	þú	strýkst	straukst		strjúkist	strykist
	hann, hún, það	strýkst	straukst		strjúkist	strykist
plural	við	strjúkumst	strukumst		strjúkumst	strykjumst
	þið	strjúkist	strukust		strjúkist	strykjust
	þeir, þær, þau	strjúkast	strukust		strjúkist	strykjust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	strjúkst (þú), strjúkstu
plural	þið	strjúkist (þið), strjúkisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

strokinn — 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)	strokinn	strokin	strokið	stroknir	stroknar	strokin
accusative (þolfall)	strokinn	strokna	strokið	strokna	stroknar	strokin
dative (þágufall)	stroknum	strokinni	stroknu	stroknum	stroknum	stroknum
genitive (eignarfall)	strokins	strokinnar	strokins	strokinna	strokinna	strokinna
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	strokni	strokna	strokna	stroknu	stroknu	stroknu
accusative (þolfall)	strokna	stroknu	strokna	stroknu	stroknu	stroknu
dative (þágufall)	strokna	stroknu	strokna	stroknu	stroknu	stroknu
genitive (eignarfall)	strokna	stroknu	strokna	stroknu	stroknu	stroknu

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “strjúka”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *streukaną.

Verb

strjúka (singular past indicative strauk, plural past indicative struku, past participle strokinn)

1. (transitive) to stroke, rut, wipe

   strjúka hendinni um ennit

   to wipe one's forehead with the hand

2. to stroke gently
3. to smooth, brush
4. to flog
5. to dash off

Conjugation

Conjugation of strjúka — active (strong class 2)

infinitive	strjúka
present participle	strjúkandi
past participle	strokinn
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	strýk	strauk		strjúka	stryka
2nd person singular	strýkr	straukt		strjúkir	strykir
3rd person singular	strýkr	strauk		strjúki	stryki
1st person plural	strjúkum	strukum		strjúkim	strykim
2nd person plural	strjúkið	strukuð		strjúkið	strykið
3rd person plural	strjúka	struku		strjúki	stryki
imperative	present
2nd person singular	strjúk
1st person plural	strjúkum
2nd person plural	strjúkið

Conjugation of strjúka — mediopassive (strong class 2)

infinitive	strjúkask
present participle	strjúkandisk
past participle	strokizk
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	strjúkumk	strukumk		strjúkumk	strykumk
2nd person singular	strýksk	straukzk		strjúkisk	strykisk
3rd person singular	strýksk	strauksk		strjúkisk	strykisk
1st person plural	strjúkumsk	strukumsk		strjúkimsk	strykimsk
2nd person plural	strjúkizk	strukuzk		strjúkizk	strykizk
3rd person plural	strjúkask	strukusk		strjúkisk	strykisk
imperative	present
2nd person singular	strjúksk
1st person plural	strjúkumsk
2nd person plural	strjúkizk

Descendants

• Old Danish: strykæ
  • Danish: stryge
    • → Icelandic: strauja, straua
• Faroese: strúka
• Icelandic: strjúka
• Norwegian Bokmål: stryke
• Norwegian Nynorsk: stryka, stryke
• Swedish: stryka

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “strjúka”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive