hreinsa
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse hreinsa, from Proto-Germanic *hrainisōną.
Verb edit
hreinsa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hreinsaði, supine hreinsað)
- (transitive, governs the accusative) to clean, to cleanse
- (transitive, governs the accusative, e.g. of oil or air) to refine, to purify
- Að hreinsa olíu. ― To refine oil.
- Hreinsað loft. ― Purified air.
- Hreinsaðar olíuvörur. ― Refined petroleum products.
Synonyms edit
- (to clean): þrífa
Derived terms edit
derived terms
- dauðhreinsa (to sterilise)
- fituhreinsa (to degrease)
- hreinsa af ákæru (to exculpate)
- hreinsa til
- hreinsa sig
- hreinsa sig af
- hreinsaður
- hreinsaður sykur (refined sugar)
- hreinsanlegur (refinable)
- hreinsun
- sótthreinsa (to disinfect)
- óhreinsaður (unrefined, unrectified)
- óhreinsaður sykur (unrefined sugar)
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *hrainisōną (“clean, cleanse, purify”).
Verb edit
hreinsa
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of hreinsa — active (weak class 2)
infinitive | hreinsa | |
---|---|---|
present participle | hreinsandi | |
past participle | hreinsaðr | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | hreinsa | hreinsaða |
2nd-person singular | hreinsar | hreinsaðir |
3rd-person singular | hreinsar | hreinsaði |
1st-person plural | hreinsum | hreinsuðum |
2nd-person plural | hreinsið | hreinsuðuð |
3rd-person plural | hreinsa | hreinsuðu |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | hreinsa | hreinsaða |
2nd-person singular | hreinsir | hreinsaðir |
3rd-person singular | hreinsi | hreinsaði |
1st-person plural | hreinsim | hreinsaðim |
2nd-person plural | hreinsið | hreinsaðið |
3rd-person plural | hreinsi | hreinsaði |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | hreinsa | |
1st-person plural | hreinsum | |
2nd-person plural | hreinsið |
Conjugation of hreinsa — mediopassive (weak class 2)
infinitive | hreinsask | |
---|---|---|
present participle | hreinsandisk | |
past participle | hreinsazk | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | hreinsumk | hreinsuðumk |
2nd-person singular | hreinsask | hreinsaðisk |
3rd-person singular | hreinsask | hreinsaðisk |
1st-person plural | hreinsumsk | hreinsuðumsk |
2nd-person plural | hreinsizk | hreinsuðuzk |
3rd-person plural | hreinsask | hreinsuðusk |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | hreinsumk | hreinsuðumk |
2nd-person singular | hreinsisk | hreinsaðisk |
3rd-person singular | hreinsisk | hreinsaðisk |
1st-person plural | hreinsimsk | hreinsaðimsk |
2nd-person plural | hreinsizk | hreinsaðizk |
3rd-person plural | hreinsisk | hreinsaðisk |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | hreinsask | |
1st-person plural | hreinsumsk | |
2nd-person plural | hreinsizk |
Derived terms edit
- hreinsan f (“cleansing”)
Related terms edit
- hreinn (“clean”)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “hreinsa”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press