Faroese edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną, from Proto-Indo-European *klewb- (to spring, stumble).

Verb edit

leypa (third person singular past indicative leyp, third person plural past indicative lupu, supine lopið)

  1. to jump
  2. to roll down (of snow-slide or avalanche)

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of leypa (group v-53)
infinitive leypa
supine lopið
participle (a26)1 leypandi lopin
present past
first singular leypi leyp
second singular loypur leyp(st)
third singular loypur leyp
plural leypa lupu
imperative
singular leyp!
plural leypið!
1Only the past participle being declined.