fljóta
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse fljóta, from Proto-Germanic *fleutaną.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
fljóta (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative flaut, third-person plural past indicative flutu, supine flotið)
- to float
Conjugation edit
fljóta — active voice (germynd)
| infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að fljóta | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine (sagnbót) |
flotið | ||||
| present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
fljótandi | ||||
| indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
| present (nútíð) |
ég flýt | við fljótum | present (nútíð) |
ég fljóti | við fljótum |
| þú flýtur | þið fljótið | þú fljótir | þið fljótið | ||
| hann, hún, það flýtur | þeir, þær, þau fljóta | hann, hún, það fljóti | þeir, þær, þau fljóti | ||
| past (þátíð) |
ég flaut | við flutum | past (þátíð) |
ég flyti | við flytum |
| þú flaust | þið flutuð | þú flytir | þið flytuð | ||
| hann, hún, það flaut | þeir, þær, þau flutu | hann, hún, það flyti | þeir, þær, þau flytu | ||
| imperative (boðháttur) |
fljót (þú) | fljótið (þið) | |||
| Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
| fljóttu | fljótiði * | ||||
| * Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. | |||||
flotinn — 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) |
flotinn | flotin | flotið | flotnir | flotnar | flotin | |
| accusative (þolfall) |
flotinn | flotna | flotið | flotna | flotnar | flotin | |
| dative (þágufall) |
flotnum | flotinni | flotnu | flotnum | flotnum | flotnum | |
| genitive (eignarfall) |
flotins | flotinnar | flotins | flotinna | flotinna | flotinna | |
| weak declension (veik beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
| masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
| nominative (nefnifall) |
flotni | flotna | flotna | flotnu | flotnu | flotnu | |
| accusative (þolfall) |
flotna | flotnu | flotna | flotnu | flotnu | flotnu | |
| dative (þágufall) |
flotna | flotnu | flotna | flotnu | flotnu | flotnu | |
| genitive (eignarfall) |
flotna | flotnu | flotna | flotnu | flotnu | flotnu | |
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *fleutaną. Cognate with Old English flēotan, Old Frisian fliata, Old Saxon fliotan, Old High German fliuzan, fleozan.
Verb edit
fljóta
- to float
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of fljóta — active (strong class 2)
| infinitive | fljóta | |
|---|---|---|
| present participle | fljótandi | |
| past participle | flotinn | |
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | flýt | flaut |
| 2nd-person singular | flýtr | flauzt |
| 3rd-person singular | flýtr | flaut |
| 1st-person plural | fljótum | flutum |
| 2nd-person plural | fljótið | flutuð |
| 3rd-person plural | fljóta | flutu |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | fljóta | flyta |
| 2nd-person singular | fljótir | flytir |
| 3rd-person singular | fljóti | flyti |
| 1st-person plural | fljótim | flytim |
| 2nd-person plural | fljótið | flytið |
| 3rd-person plural | fljóti | flyti |
| imperative | present | |
| 2nd-person singular | fljót | |
| 1st-person plural | fljótum | |
| 2nd-person plural | fljótið | |
Conjugation of fljóta — mediopassive (strong class 2)
| infinitive | fljótask | |
|---|---|---|
| present participle | fljótandisk | |
| past participle | flotizk | |
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | fljótumk | flutumk |
| 2nd-person singular | flýzk | flauzk |
| 3rd-person singular | flýzk | flauzk |
| 1st-person plural | fljótumsk | flutumsk |
| 2nd-person plural | fljótizk | flutuzk |
| 3rd-person plural | fljótask | flutusk |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | fljótumk | flytumk |
| 2nd-person singular | fljótisk | flytisk |
| 3rd-person singular | fljótisk | flytisk |
| 1st-person plural | fljótimsk | flytimsk |
| 2nd-person plural | fljótizk | flytizk |
| 3rd-person plural | fljótisk | flytisk |
| imperative | present | |
| 2nd-person singular | fljózk | |
| 1st-person plural | fljótumsk | |
| 2nd-person plural | fljótizk | |
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: fljóta
- Faroese: fljóta, flóta
- Norwegian Bokmål: flyte
- Norwegian Nynorsk: flyte
- Elfdalian: fliuota
- Old Swedish: flȳta, fliūta
- Swedish: flyta
- Old Danish: flytæ
- Danish: flyde
- Gutnish: flauta
References edit
- “fljóta”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press