velja
Faroese
Etymology
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From Old Norse velja, from Proto-Germanic *waljaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-.
Verb
velja (third person singular past indicative valdi, third person plural past indicative valdu, supine valt)
Conjugation
Conjugation of velja (group v-18) | ||
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infinitive | velja | |
supine | valt | |
participle (a7)1 | veljandi | valdur |
present | past | |
first singular | velji | valdi |
second singular | velur | valdi |
third singular | velur | valdi |
plural | velja | valdu |
imperative | ||
singular | vel! | |
plural | veljið! | |
1Only the past participle being declined. |
Icelandic
Etymology
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From Old Norse velja, from Proto-Germanic *waljaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-.
Pronunciation
Verb
velja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative valdi, supine valið)
Conjugation
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infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að velja | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
valið | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
veljandi | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég vel | við veljum | present (nútíð) |
ég velji | við veljum |
þú velur | þið veljið | þú veljir | þið veljið | ||
hann, hún, það velur | þeir, þær, þau velja | hann, hún, það velji | þeir, þær, þau velji | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég valdi | við völdum | past (þátíð) |
ég veldi | við veldum |
þú valdir | þið völduð | þú veldir | þið velduð | ||
hann, hún, það valdi | þeir, þær, þau völdu | hann, hún, það veldi | þeir, þær, þau veldu | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
vel (þú) | veljið (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
veldu | veljiði * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að veljast | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
valist | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
veljandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég velst | við veljumst | present (nútíð) |
ég veljist | við veljumst |
þú velst | þið veljist | þú veljist | þið veljist | ||
hann, hún, það velst | þeir, þær, þau veljast | hann, hún, það veljist | þeir, þær, þau veljist | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég valdist | við völdumst | past (þátíð) |
ég veldist | við veldumst |
þú valdist | þið völdust | þú veldist | þið veldust | ||
hann, hún, það valdist | þeir, þær, þau völdust | hann, hún, það veldist | þeir, þær, þau veldust | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
velst (þú) | velist (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
velstu | velisti * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
strong declension (sterk beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
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masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
nominative (nefnifall) |
valinn | valin | valið | valdir | valdar | valin | |
accusative (þolfall) |
valinn | valda | valið | valda | valdar | valin | |
dative (þágufall) |
völdum | valinni | völdu | völdum | völdum | völdum | |
genitive (eignarfall) |
valins | valinnar | valins | valinna | valinna | valinna | |
weak declension (veik beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
nominative (nefnifall) |
valdi | valda | valda | völdu | völdu | völdu | |
accusative (þolfall) |
valda | völdu | valda | völdu | völdu | völdu | |
dative (þágufall) |
valda | völdu | valda | völdu | völdu | völdu | |
genitive (eignarfall) |
valda | völdu | valda | völdu | völdu | völdu |
Synonyms
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- velje (e infinitive)
Etymology
2=welh₁Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.
From Old Norse velja, from Proto-Germanic *waljaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-.
Pronunciation
Verb
velja (present tense vel, past tense valde, past participle valt, passive infinitive veljast, present participle veljande, imperative vel)
- choose, pick
- Kva for ein vel du?
- Which one do you choose?
- elect
- Om hausten valde dei eit nytt parlament.
- In the autumn, they elected a new parliament.
References
- “velja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse
Etymology
2=welh₁Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.
From Proto-Germanic *waljaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-.
Verb
velja (singular past indicative valdi, plural past indicative valdu, past participle {{{3}}})
Synonyms
Descendants
- Faroese terms inherited from Old Norse
- Faroese terms derived from Old Norse
- Faroese terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Faroese terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Faroese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese verbs
- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Icelandic 2-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛlja
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic verbs
- Icelandic weak verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Norwegian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk verbs
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with usage examples
- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse verbs