leika
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse leika, from Proto-Germanic *laikaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg-.
Verb edit
leika
- to play (game, instrument, etc.)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of leika (group v-29-30) | ||
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infinitive | leika | |
supine | leikað | |
participle (a5 (a39)/a6)1 |
leikandi | leiktur/ leikaður |
present | past | |
first singular | leiki | leikti/ leikaði |
second singular | leikar | leikti/ leikaði |
third singular | leikar | leikti/ leikaði |
plural | leika | leiktu/ leikaðu |
imperative | ||
singular | leika! | |
plural | leikið! | |
1Only the past participle being declined. |
Gothic edit
Romanization edit
leika
- Romanization of 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌰
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse leika, from Proto-Germanic *laikaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg-.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
leika (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative lék, third-person plural past indicative léku, supine leikið)
- to play
Derived terms edit
Anagrams edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Verb edit
leika (present tense leikar/leiker, past tense leika/leikte, past participle leika/leikt, passive infinitive leikast, present participle leikande, imperative leika/leik)
- Alternative form of leike
Old Norse edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Germanic *laikaną.
Verb edit
leika (singular past indicative lék, plural past indicative léku, past participle leikinn)
- to play
- to outplay
- 9th c., Þjóðólfr of Hvinir, Ynglingatal, verse 7:
- Ok allvald / Yngva þjóðar
Loka mær / of leikinn hefr.- And the maiden of Loki [Hel, goddess of death] / has outplayed
the prince / of the people of Yngvi [the Swedes]
- And the maiden of Loki [Hel, goddess of death] / has outplayed
- 9th c., Þjóðólfr of Hvinir, Ynglingatal, verse 7:
Conjugation edit
infinitive | leika | |
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present participle | leikandi | |
past participle | leikinn | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | leik | lék |
2nd-person singular | leikr | lékt |
3rd-person singular | leikr | lék |
1st-person plural | leikum | lékum |
2nd-person plural | leikið | lékuð |
3rd-person plural | leika | léku |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | leika | léka |
2nd-person singular | leikir | lékir |
3rd-person singular | leiki | léki |
1st-person plural | leikim | lékim |
2nd-person plural | leikið | lékið |
3rd-person plural | leiki | léki |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | leik | |
1st-person plural | leikum | |
2nd-person plural | leikið |
infinitive | leikask | |
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present participle | leikandisk | |
past participle | leikizk | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | leikumk | lékumk |
2nd-person singular | leiksk | lékzk |
3rd-person singular | leiksk | léksk |
1st-person plural | leikumsk | lékumsk |
2nd-person plural | leikizk | lékuzk |
3rd-person plural | leikask | lékusk |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | leikumk | lékumk |
2nd-person singular | leikisk | lékisk |
3rd-person singular | leikisk | lékisk |
1st-person plural | leikimsk | lékimsk |
2nd-person plural | leikizk | lékizk |
3rd-person plural | leikisk | lékisk |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | leiksk | |
1st-person plural | leikumsk | |
2nd-person plural | leikizk |
Derived terms edit
- leikari m (“jester”)
- leikblandinn (“sportive”)
- leikborð n
- leikbróðir m (“playmate”)
- leikfang n (“wrestling”)
- leikferð f (“sport”)
- leikfélagi m (“play-fellow”)
- leikinn (“playful”)
- leikmaðr m (“player”)
- leikmikill (“merry”)
- leikmær f
- leikmót n
- leikskáli m
- leikstefna f
- leiksveinn m (“playmate”)
- leikvǫllr m (“playground”)
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: leika
- Faroese: leika
- Norwegian Nynorsk: leike, leika
- → Norwegian Bokmål: leike
- Old Swedish: lēka
- Swedish: leka
- Danish: lege
- Norwegian Bokmål: leke
- Scanian: lega
- Gutnish: laika
- → Middle English: layken, leyken, leiken, laiken
Etymology 2 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
leika n (genitive leika, plural leiku)
leika f (genitive leiku, plural leikur)
Declension edit
Descendants edit
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective edit
leika
- inflection of leikr:
Noun edit
leika
References edit
- “leika”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press