verpa
Faroese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse verpa, from Proto-Germanic *werpaną.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]verpa (third person singular past indicative varp, third person plural past indicative vurpu, supine vorpið)
- to lay (eggs)
- (transitive, intransitive, with accusative) to lay (an egg)
- Hønan varp eitt egg. ― The chicken laid an egg.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of verpa (group v-49) | ||
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infinitive | verpa | |
supine | vorpið | |
participle (a34)1 | verpandi | vorpin |
present | past | |
first singular | verpi | varp |
second singular | verpur | varpst |
third singular | verpur | varp |
plural | verpa | vurpu |
imperative | ||
singular | verp! | |
plural | verpið! | |
1Only the past participle being declined. |
Icelandic
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Norse verpa, from Proto-Germanic *werpaną.
Verb
[edit]verpa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative varp, third-person plural past indicative urpu, supine orpið) or
verpa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative verpti, supine verpt)
- (transitive, with dative) to throw
- (transitive, intransitive, with dative) to lay (an egg)
- Hænan verpti eggi.
- The chicken laid an egg.
Usage notes
[edit]The strong conjugation is the original one, but the weak one is becoming more usual. They are also commonly mixed together.
Conjugation
[edit]Strong conjugation:
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að verpa | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
orpið | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
verpandi | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég verp | við verpum | present (nútíð) |
ég verpi | við verpum |
þú verpur | þið verpið | þú verpir | þið verpið | ||
hann, hún, það verpur | þeir, þær, þau verpa | hann, hún, það verpi | þeir, þær, þau verpi | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég varp | við urpum | past (þátíð) |
ég yrpi | við yrpum |
þú varpst | þið urpuð | þú yrpir | þið yrpuð | ||
hann, hún, það varp | þeir, þær, þau urpu | hann, hún, það yrpi | þeir, þær, þau yrpu | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
verp (þú) | verpið (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
verptu | verpiði * | ||||
* 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) | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
nominative (nefnifall) |
orpinn | orpin | orpið | orpnir | orpnar | orpin | |
accusative (þolfall) |
orpinn | orpna | orpið | orpna | orpnar | orpin | |
dative (þágufall) |
orpnum | orpinni | orpnu | orpnum | orpnum | orpnum | |
genitive (eignarfall) |
orpins | orpinnar | orpins | orpinna | orpinna | orpinna | |
weak declension (veik beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
nominative (nefnifall) |
orpni | orpna | orpna | orpnu | orpnu | orpnu | |
accusative (þolfall) |
orpna | orpnu | orpna | orpnu | orpnu | orpnu | |
dative (þágufall) |
orpna | orpnu | orpna | orpnu | orpnu | orpnu | |
genitive (eignarfall) |
orpna | orpnu | orpna | orpnu | orpnu | orpnu |
Weak conjugation:
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að verpa | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
verpt | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
verpandi | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég verpi | við verpum | present (nútíð) |
ég verpi | við verpum |
þú verpir | þið verpið | þú verpir | þið verpið | ||
hann, hún, það verpir | þeir, þær, þau verpa | hann, hún, það verpi | þeir, þær, þau verpi | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég verpti | við verptum | past (þátíð) |
ég verpti | við verptum |
þú verptir | þið verptuð | þú verptir | þið verptuð | ||
hann, hún, það verpti | þeir, þær, þau verptu | hann, hún, það verpti | þeir, þær, þau verptu | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
verp (þú) | verpið (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
verptu | verpiði * | ||||
* 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) | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
nominative (nefnifall) |
verptur | verpt | verpt | verptir | verptar | verpt | |
accusative (þolfall) |
verptan | verpta | verpt | verpta | verptar | verpt | |
dative (þágufall) |
verptum | verptri | verptu | verptum | verptum | verptum | |
genitive (eignarfall) |
verpts | verptrar | verpts | verptra | verptra | verptra | |
weak declension (veik beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
nominative (nefnifall) |
verpti | verpta | verpta | verptu | verptu | verptu | |
accusative (þolfall) |
verpta | verptu | verpta | verptu | verptu | verptu | |
dative (þágufall) |
verpta | verptu | verpta | verptu | verptu | verptu | |
genitive (eignarfall) |
verpta | verptu | verpta | verptu | verptu | verptu |
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- verpa öndinni léttar (“to heave a sigh of relief”)
Etymology 2
[edit]Causative of verpa (1). From Proto-Germanic *warpijaną.
Verb
[edit]verpa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative verpti, supine verpt)
- (transitive, with accusative) to twist, wind, contort
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að verpa | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
supine (sagnbót) |
verpt | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
verpandi | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég verpi | við verpum | present (nútíð) |
ég verpi | við verpum |
þú verpir | þið verpið | þú verpir | þið verpið | ||
hann, hún, það verpir | þeir, þær, þau verpa | hann, hún, það verpi | þeir, þær, þau verpi | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég verpti | við verptum | past (þátíð) |
ég verpti | við verptum |
þú verptir | þið verptuð | þú verptir | þið verptuð | ||
hann, hún, það verpti | þeir, þær, þau verptu | hann, hún, það verpti | þeir, þær, þau verptu | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
verp (þú) | verpið (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
verptu | verpiði * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að verpast | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
supine (sagnbót) |
verpst | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
verpandist ** ** 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 verpist | við verpumst | present (nútíð) |
ég verpist | við verpumst |
þú verpist | þið verpist | þú verpist | þið verpist | ||
hann, hún, það verpist | þeir, þær, þau verpast | hann, hún, það verpist | þeir, þær, þau verpist | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég verptist | við verptumst | past (þátíð) |
ég verptist | við verptumst |
þú verptist | þið verptust | þú verptist | þið verptust | ||
hann, hún, það verptist | þeir, þær, þau verptust | hann, hún, það verptist | þeir, þær, þau verptust | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
verpst (þú) | verpist (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
verpstu | verpisti * | ||||
* 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) | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
nominative (nefnifall) |
verptur | verpt | verpt | verptir | verptar | verpt | |
accusative (þolfall) |
verptan | verpta | verpt | verpta | verptar | verpt | |
dative (þágufall) |
verptum | verptri | verptu | verptum | verptum | verptum | |
genitive (eignarfall) |
verpts | verptrar | verpts | verptra | verptra | verptra | |
weak declension (veik beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
nominative (nefnifall) |
verpti | verpta | verpta | verptu | verptu | verptu | |
accusative (þolfall) |
verpta | verptu | verpta | verptu | verptu | verptu | |
dative (þágufall) |
verpta | verptu | verpta | verptu | verptu | verptu | |
genitive (eignarfall) |
verpta | verptu | verpta | verptu | verptu | verptu |
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly borrowed from a Germanic language, related to Proto-Germanic *werpaną (“to throw”). More likely from Proto-Italic source for “to turn round, to roll” (as in 'unfurl, peel back, or retract foreskin') via Proto-Indo-European *welw-, *wel- (“to turn, wind, round”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈu̯er.pa/, [ˈu̯ɛrpä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈver.pa/, [ˈvɛrpä]
Noun
[edit]verpa f (genitive verpae); first declension
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | verpa | verpae |
genitive | verpae | verpārum |
dative | verpae | verpīs |
accusative | verpam | verpās |
ablative | verpā | verpīs |
vocative | verpa | verpae |
Synonyms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Translingual: Verpa
References
[edit]- “verpa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “verpa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- verpa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *werpaną (“to throw, cast”). Cognate with Old English weorpan, Old Frisian werpa, Old Saxon werpan, Old High German werfan, Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍀𐌰𐌽 (wairpan).
Verb
[edit]verpa (singular past indicative varp, plural past indicative urpu, past participle orpinn)
- to throw, cast
- to heap up sand, mud, gravel etc. on something
- sandi orpin sæng
- a bed covered by sand [a grave]
- to erect a burial mound
- ca. 1190, Nóregs konungatal ("the King-count of Norway")
- Þá vas haugr / ept Harald orpinn
reisuligr / á Rogalandi.- Then a mound was / erected for Harald,
a magnificent one / in Rogaland.
- Then a mound was / erected for Harald,
- nú verpa þeir hauginn eftir fornum sið
- now they erect the mound according to ancient custom
- ca. 1190, Nóregs konungatal ("the King-count of Norway")
- to lay eggs
- to guess, calculate
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | verpa | |
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present participle | verpandi | |
past participle | orpinn | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | verp | varp |
2nd-person singular | verpr | varpt |
3rd-person singular | verpr | varp |
1st-person plural | verpum | urpum |
2nd-person plural | verpið | urpuð |
3rd-person plural | verpa | urpu |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | verpa | yrpa |
2nd-person singular | verpir | yrpir |
3rd-person singular | verpi | yrpi |
1st-person plural | verpim | yrpim |
2nd-person plural | verpið | yrpið |
3rd-person plural | verpi | yrpi |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | verp | |
1st-person plural | verpum | |
2nd-person plural | verpið |
infinitive | verpask | |
---|---|---|
present participle | verpandisk | |
past participle | orpizk | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | verpumk | urpumk |
2nd-person singular | verpsk | varpzk |
3rd-person singular | verpsk | varpsk |
1st-person plural | verpumsk | urpumsk |
2nd-person plural | verpizk | urpuzk |
3rd-person plural | verpask | urpusk |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | verpumk | yrpumk |
2nd-person singular | verpisk | yrpisk |
3rd-person singular | verpisk | yrpisk |
1st-person plural | verpimsk | yrpimsk |
2nd-person plural | verpizk | yrpizk |
3rd-person plural | verpisk | yrpisk |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | verpsk | |
1st-person plural | verpumsk | |
2nd-person plural | verpizk |
Descendants
[edit]- 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 with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Faroese/ɛɹ̥pa
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese verbs
- Faroese transitive verbs
- Faroese intransitive verbs
- Faroese terms with usage examples
- Icelandic 2-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛr̥pa
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɛr̥pa/2 syllables
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic verbs
- Icelandic strong verbs
- Icelandic weak verbs
- Icelandic transitive verbs
- Icelandic intransitive verbs
- Icelandic terms with usage examples
- Icelandic class 3 strong verbs
- Latin terms borrowed from Germanic languages
- Latin terms derived from Germanic languages
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin 2-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
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- Latin first declension nouns
- Latin feminine nouns in the first declension
- Latin feminine nouns
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