svipa

Icelandic edit

Pronunciation edit

Rhymes: -ɪːpa

Noun edit

svipa f (genitive singular svipu, nominative plural svipur)

a riding crop, a whip
(biology) a flagellum

Declension edit

declension of svipa

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
f-w1	singular		plural
nominative	svipa	svipan	svipur	svipurnar
accusative	svipu	svipuna	svipur	svipurnar
dative	svipu	svipunni	svipum	svipunum
genitive	svipu	svipunnar	svipa/svipna	svipanna/svipnanna

Derived terms edit

svipa forsæðisfrumu (flagellum spermatidii)
svipa sæðisfrumu (flagellum spermatozoi)
svipu- (flagellar)
svipubaugur forsæðisfrumu (anulus flagelli spermatidii)
svipubaugur sæðisfrumu (ring centriole)
svipudýr (flagellata)
svipudýrasýking (flagellosis)
svipuhópfellir (flagellar agglutinin)
svipukrabbi (crawfish, rock lobster)
svipuloftnet (whip aerial)
svipuþekjufruma (epitheliocytus flagellatus)

Verb edit

svipa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative svipaði, supine svipað)

(impersonal, dative subject) to resemble, to look
Hundum svipar til eiganda sinna.
Dogs resemble their owners.

Þeim svipar saman.
They look alike.

Derived terms edit

svipa til (to resemble)
svipa saman (to look alike)
svipast
svipast um (to have a look around)
svipast um eftir (to look around for)

Noun edit

svipa

indefinite genitive plural of svipur

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Verb edit

svipa (present tense svipar, past tense svipa, past participle svipa, passive infinitive svipast, present participle svipande, imperative svipa/svip)

Alternative form of svipe

Anagrams edit

avsip, vipsa