yppa

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse yppa, from Proto-Germanic *uppijaną (“to raise, lift”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪhpa/

  Rhymes: -ɪhpa

Verb

yppa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative yppti, supine yppt)

1. to lift, raise (most often used of raising the shoulders or a hat)

Conjugation

yppa — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að yppa
supine (sagnbót)		yppt
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		yppandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég yppi	við yppum	present (nútíð)	ég yppi	við yppum
	þú yppir	þið yppið		þú yppir	þið yppið
	hann, hún, það yppir	þeir, þær, þau yppa		hann, hún, það yppi	þeir, þær, þau yppi
past (þátíð)	ég yppti	við ypptum	past (þátíð)	ég yppti	við ypptum
	þú ypptir	þið ypptuð		þú ypptir	þið ypptuð
	hann, hún, það yppti	þeir, þær, þau ypptu		hann, hún, það yppti	þeir, þær, þau ypptu
imperative (boðháttur)	ypp (þú)	yppið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	ypptu	yppiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

yppast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að yppast
supine (sagnbót)		yppst
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		yppandist ** ** 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 yppist	við yppumst	present (nútíð)	ég yppist	við yppumst
	þú yppist	þið yppist		þú yppist	þið yppist
	hann, hún, það yppist	þeir, þær, þau yppast		hann, hún, það yppist	þeir, þær, þau yppist
past (þátíð)	ég ypptist	við ypptumst	past (þátíð)	ég ypptist	við ypptumst
	þú ypptist	þið ypptust		þú ypptist	þið ypptust
	hann, hún, það ypptist	þeir, þær, þau ypptust		hann, hún, það ypptist	þeir, þær, þau ypptust
imperative (boðháttur)	yppst (þú)	yppist (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	yppstu	yppisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

ypptur — 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)	ypptur	yppt	yppt		ypptir	ypptar	yppt
accusative (þolfall)	ypptan	yppta	yppt		yppta	ypptar	yppt
dative (þágufall)	ypptum	ypptri	ypptu		ypptum	ypptum	ypptum
genitive (eignarfall)	yppts	ypptrar	yppts		ypptra	ypptra	ypptra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	yppti	yppta	yppta		ypptu	ypptu	ypptu
accusative (þolfall)	yppta	ypptu	yppta		ypptu	ypptu	ypptu
dative (þágufall)	yppta	ypptu	yppta		ypptu	ypptu	ypptu
genitive (eignarfall)	yppta	ypptu	yppta		ypptu	ypptu	ypptu

Derived terms

• yppa öxlum

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Alternative forms

• yppet

Verb

yppa

1. inflection of yppe:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *uppijaną (“to raise, lift”).

Verb

yppa (singular past indicative ypti, plural past indicative yptu, past participle yptr)

1. to lift, raise

Conjugation

Conjugation of yppa — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	yppa
present participle	yppandi
past participle	yptr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	yppi	ypta
2nd-person singular	yppir	yptir
3rd-person singular	yppir	ypti
1st-person plural	yppum	yptum
2nd-person plural	yppið	yptuð
3rd-person plural	yppa	yptu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	yppa	ypta
2nd-person singular	yppir	yptir
3rd-person singular	yppi	ypti
1st-person plural	yppim	yptim
2nd-person plural	yppið	yptið
3rd-person plural	yppi	ypti
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	ypp, yppi
1st-person plural	yppum
2nd-person plural	yppið

Conjugation of yppa — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	yppask
present participle	yppandisk
past participle	yppzk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	yppumk	yptumk
2nd-person singular	yppisk	yptisk
3rd-person singular	yppisk	yptisk
1st-person plural	yppumsk	yptumsk
2nd-person plural	yppizk	yptuzk
3rd-person plural	yppask	yptusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	yppumk	yptumk
2nd-person singular	yppisk	yptisk
3rd-person singular	yppisk	yptisk
1st-person plural	yppimsk	yptimsk
2nd-person plural	yppizk	yptizk
3rd-person plural	yppisk	yptisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	yppsk, yppisk
1st-person plural	yppumsk
2nd-person plural	yppizk

Descendants

• Danish: yppe
• Faroese: yppa

• Icelandic: yppa
• Swedish: yppa

References

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