lyfta

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪɸta/, /ˈlɪfta/, /ˈlɪʰta/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse lypta, from Proto-Germanic *luftijaną.

Verb

lyfta (third person singular past indicative lyfti, third person plural past indicative lyft, supine lyft)

1. to lift, raise
2. to repay

Conjugation

Conjugation of lyfta (group v-9st)
infinitive	lyfta
supine	lyft
participle (a5)1	lyftandi	lyftur
	present	past
first singular	lyfti	lyfti
second singular	lyftir	lyfti
third singular	lyftir	lyfti
plural	lyfta	lyftu
	imperative
singular	lyft!
plural	lyftið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Synonyms

• (to lift, raise): at hevja
• (to repay): at gjalda

Etymology 2

Noun

lyfta f (genitive singular lyftu, plural lyftur)

1. lift, elevator

Declension

Declension of lyfta
f1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lyfta	lyftan	lyftur	lyfturnar
accusative	lyftu	lyftuna	lyftur	lyfturnar
dative	lyftu	lyftuni	lyftum	lyftunum
genitive	lyftu	lyftunnar	lyfta	lyftanna

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse lypta, from Proto-Germanic *luftijaną. More at lift.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪfta/

  Rhymes: -ɪfta

Verb

lyfta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative lyfti, supine lyft)

1. to lift, to raise

Conjugation

lyfta — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að lyfta
supine (sagnbót)		lyft
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		lyftandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég lyfti	við lyftum	present (nútíð)	ég lyfti	við lyftum
	þú lyftir	þið lyftið		þú lyftir	þið lyftið
	hann, hún, það lyftir	þeir, þær, þau lyfta		hann, hún, það lyfti	þeir, þær, þau lyfti
past (þátíð)	ég lyfti	við lyftum	past (þátíð)	ég lyfti	við lyftum
	þú lyftir	þið lyftuð		þú lyftir	þið lyftuð
	hann, hún, það lyfti	þeir, þær, þau lyftu		hann, hún, það lyfti	þeir, þær, þau lyftu
imperative (boðháttur)	lyft (þú)	lyftið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	lyftu	lyftiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

lyftast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að lyftast
supine (sagnbót)		lyfst
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		lyftandist ** ** 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 lyftist	við lyftumst	present (nútíð)	ég lyftist	við lyftumst
	þú lyftist	þið lyftist		þú lyftist	þið lyftist
	hann, hún, það lyftist	þeir, þær, þau lyftast		hann, hún, það lyftist	þeir, þær, þau lyftist
past (þátíð)	ég lyftist	við lyftumst	past (þátíð)	ég lyftist	við lyftumst
	þú lyftist	þið lyftust		þú lyftist	þið lyftust
	hann, hún, það lyftist	þeir, þær, þau lyftust		hann, hún, það lyftist	þeir, þær, þau lyftust
imperative (boðháttur)	lyfst (þú)	lyftist (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	lyfstu	lyftisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Synonyms

• hefja

Noun

lyfta f (genitive singular lyftu, nominative plural lyftur)

1. elevator, lift

Declension

declension of lyfta

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lyfta	lyftan	lyftur	lyfturnar
accusative	lyftu	lyftuna	lyftur	lyfturnar
dative	lyftu	lyftunni	lyftum	lyftunum
genitive	lyftu	lyftunnar	lyfta	lyftanna

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse lyfta, lypta, from Proto-Germanic *luftijaną. Akin to English lift.

Alternative forms

• lyfte
• løfta, løfte

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²lʏftɑ/

Verb

lyfta (present tense lyftar or lyfter, past tense lyfta or lyfte, past participle lyfta or lyft, present participle lyftande, imperative lyft)

1. to lift, raise

Related terms

• loft n

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlʏf.tɑ/

Noun

lyfta n

1. definite plural of lyft

References

• “lyfta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Verb

lyfta (singular past indicative lyfti, plural past indicative lyftu, past participle lyftr)

1. Alternative spelling of lypta

Conjugation

Conjugation of lyfta — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	lyfta
present participle	lyftandi
past participle	lyftr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	lyfti	lyfta
2nd-person singular	lyftir	lyftir
3rd-person singular	lyftir	lyfti
1st-person plural	lyftum	lyftum
2nd-person plural	lyftið	lyftuð
3rd-person plural	lyfta	lyftu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	lyfta	lyfta
2nd-person singular	lyftir	lyftir
3rd-person singular	lyfti	lyfti
1st-person plural	lyftim	lyftim
2nd-person plural	lyftið	lyftið
3rd-person plural	lyfti	lyfti
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	lyft, lyfti
1st-person plural	lyftum
2nd-person plural	lyftið

Conjugation of lyfta — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	lyftask
present participle	lyftandisk
past participle	lyfzk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	lyftumk	lyftumk
2nd-person singular	lyftisk	lyftisk
3rd-person singular	lyftisk	lyftisk
1st-person plural	lyftumsk	lyftumsk
2nd-person plural	lyftizk	lyftuzk
3rd-person plural	lyftask	lyftusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	lyftumk	lyftumk
2nd-person singular	lyftisk	lyftisk
3rd-person singular	lyftisk	lyftisk
1st-person plural	lyftimsk	lyftimsk
2nd-person plural	lyftizk	lyftizk
3rd-person plural	lyftisk	lyftisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	lyfzk, lyftisk
1st-person plural	lyftumsk
2nd-person plural	lyftizk

Participle

lyfta

1. strong feminine accusative singular of lyftr
2. strong masculine accusative plural of lyftr
3. weak masculine oblique cases singular of lyftr
4. weak feminine nominative singular of lyftr
5. weak neuter all cases singular of lyftr

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Adjective

lyfta

1. inflection of lyft:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish lypta, from Old Norse lypta, Proto-Germanic *luftijaną.

Verb

lyfta (present lyfter, preterite lyfte, supine lyft, imperative lyft)

1. to lift; to move something upwards

Conjugation

Conjugation of lyfta (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	lyfta		lyftas
Supine	lyft		lyfts
Imperative	lyft		—
Imper. plural1	lyften		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	lyfter	lyfte	lyfts, lyftes	lyftes
Ind. plural1	lyfta	lyfte	lyftas	lyftes
Subjunctive2	lyfte	lyfte	lyftes	lyftes
	Participles
Present participle	lyftande
Past participle	lyft
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• lyft
• lyftare
• lyftbar
• lyftbord
• lyftkran
• lyftning

Further reading

• lyfta in Svensk ordbok.
• lyfta in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)

Anagrams

• flyta