svipa

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪːpa

Noun

svipa f (genitive singular svipu, nominative plural svipur)

1. a riding crop, a whip
2. (biology) a flagellum

Derived terms

• svipa forsæðisfrumu (flagellum spermatidii)
• svipa sæðisfrumu (flagellum spermatozoi)
• svipu- (flagellar)
• svipubaugur forsæðisfrumu (anulus flagelli spermatidii)
• svipubaugur sæðisfrumu (ring centriole)
• svipudýr (flagellata)
• svipudýrasýking (flagellosis)
• svipuhópfellir (flagellar agglutinin)
• svipukrabbi (crawfish, rock lobster)
• svipuloftnet (whip aerial)
• svipuþekjufruma (epitheliocytus flagellatus)

Verb

svipa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative svipaði, supine svipað)

1. (impersonal, dative subject) to resemble, to look

   Hundum svipar til eiganda sinna.

   Dogs resemble their owners.

   Þeim svipar saman.

   They look alike.

Derived terms

• svipa til (to resemble)
• svipa saman (to look alike)
• svipast
• svipast um (to have a look around)
• svipast um eftir (to look around for)

Noun

1. indefinite genitive plural of svipur