varpa

From Proto-Finnic *varpa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑrpɑ/, [ˈʋɑ̝rpɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑrpɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): var‧pa

varpa

1. thin wooden stick or rod; twig

• Rhymes: -ar̥pa

varpa f (genitive singular vörpu, nominative plural vörpur)

1. trawling net, seine

varpa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative varpaði, supine varpað)

1. (transitive, governs the dative) to throw
2. (transitive, governs the dative) to project, to cast
3. (cartography, transitive, governs the dative) to project

• (to throw): verpa, fleygja, henda, kasta

• varpa akkeri (“to drop anchor, to let go anchor”)
• varpa fyrir borð (“to jettison”)
• varpa ljósi á eitthvað (“to throw light on something”)
• varpa öndinni (“to sigh”)
• varpa öndinni léttar (“to heave a sigh of relief”)

• vörpun
• varpi (“a functor”)

varpa n

1. indefinite genitive plural of varp

varpa m

1. indefinite accusative singular of varpi
2. indefinite dative singular of varpi
3. indefinite genitive singular of varpi
4. indefinite accusative plural of varpi
5. indefinite genitive plural of varpi

From Proto-Indo-European. Cognate to Latin verpa.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʋaːɾpɐ]

várpa f (plural várpos) stress pattern 1

1. ear (of corn)
2. (anatomy) penis (used as medical anatomical term)

• bybis, bybys

varpa f (genitive vǫrpu)

1. fishing net

• Icelandic: varpa

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

varpa

1. (transitive, with dative) to cast, throw

• varp n (“a throw”)
• varpa f (“fishing net”)
• verpa (“to throw, cast”)

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

varpa

1. genitive plural of varp