Faroese edit

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orsaka (third person singular past indicative orsakaði, supine orsakað)

  1. to excuse, apologize

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of orsaka (group v-30)
infinitive orsaka
supine orsakað
participle (a6)1 orsakandi orsakaður
present past
first singular orsaki orsakaði
second singular orsakar orsakaði
third singular orsakar orsakaði
plural orsaka orsakaðu
imperative
singular orsaka!
plural orsakið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Interjection edit

orsaka!

  1. excuse me!

Further reading edit

"orsaka" at Sprotin.fo

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Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

orsaka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative orsakaði, supine orsakað)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to cause, to bring about
    Synonym: valda

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Norwegian Nynorsk edit

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Etymology edit

From or (out of) +‎ sak (matter, case).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɔːʂaːka/, /uːʂaːka/ (not guttural R dialects)

Verb edit

orsaka (present tense orsakar, past tense orsaka, past participle orsaka, passive infinitive orsakast, present participle orsakande, imperative orsaka/orsak)

  1. to forgive
  2. (passive voice) to apologise
    Han neitta å orsaka seg.
    He refused to apologise.

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Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Low German orsaken, equivalent of orsak (a cause) +‎ -a. Cognate with Danish årsage, Norwegian Bokmål forårsake, Norwegian Nynorsk forårsake, forårsaka, Middle Dutch orsaken, older Dutch oorzaken and older German ursachen.[1]

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orsaka (present orsakar, preterite orsakade, supine orsakat, imperative orsaka)

  1. to cause

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