spyrja
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse spyrja, from Proto-Germanic *spurjaną.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
spyrja (third person singular past indicative spurdi, third person plural past indicative spurdu, supine spurt)
- to ask
- Hví spyrt tú meg?
- Why do you ask me?
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of spyrja (group v-23) | ||
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infinitive | spyrja | |
supine | spurt | |
participle (a7)1 | spyrjandi | spurdur |
present | past | |
first singular | spyrji | spurdi |
second singular | spyrt | spurdi |
third singular | spyr | spurdi |
plural | spyrja | spurdu |
imperative | ||
singular | spyr! | |
plural | spyrið! | |
1Only the past participle being declined. |
Antonyms edit
See also edit
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse spyrja, from Proto-Germanic *spurjaną. Cognate with Old English spyrian, German spüren, Danish spørge.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
spyrja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative spurði, supine spurt)
- to ask
Conjugation edit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse spyrja, from Proto-Germanic *spurjaną.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
spyrja (present tense spør or spỳr, past tense spurde, past participle spurt)
References edit
- “spyrja” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *spurjaną.
Verb edit
spyrja
- to trace steps or footprints
- to investigate, to find out
- to ask
- to hear, be informed of
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of spyrja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive | spyrja | |
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present participle | spyrjandi | |
past participle | spurðr | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | spyr | spurða |
2nd-person singular | spyrr | spurðir |
3rd-person singular | spyrr | spurði |
1st-person plural | spyrjum | spurðum |
2nd-person plural | spyrið | spurðuð |
3rd-person plural | spyrja | spurðu |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | spyrja | spyrða |
2nd-person singular | spyrir | spyrðir |
3rd-person singular | spyri | spyrði |
1st-person plural | spyrim | spyrðim |
2nd-person plural | spyrið | spyrðið |
3rd-person plural | spyri | spyrði |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | spyr | |
1st-person plural | spyrjum | |
2nd-person plural | spyrið |
Conjugation of spyrja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive | spyrjask | |
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present participle | spyrjandisk | |
past participle | spyrzk | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | spyrjumk | spurðumk |
2nd-person singular | spyrsk | spurðisk |
3rd-person singular | spyrsk | spurðisk |
1st-person plural | spyrjumsk | spurðumsk |
2nd-person plural | spyrizk | spurðuzk |
3rd-person plural | spyrjask | spurðusk |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | spyrjumk | spyrðumk |
2nd-person singular | spyrisk | spyrðisk |
3rd-person singular | spyrisk | spyrðisk |
1st-person plural | spyrimsk | spyrðimsk |
2nd-person plural | spyrizk | spyrðizk |
3rd-person plural | spyrisk | spyrðisk |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | spyrsk | |
1st-person plural | spyrjumsk | |
2nd-person plural | spyrizk |
Synonyms edit
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: spyrja
- Faroese: spyrja
- Norwegian Nynorsk: spyrja, spørja; (dialectal) spurja, spær, spår
- Old Swedish: spyria
- Swedish: spörja
- Old Danish: spyriæ, spørghe, spøriæ
References edit
- “spyrja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press