drepa

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse drepa.

Verb

drepa (third person singular past indicative drap, third person plural past indicative drópu, supine dripið)

1. to kill
2. (chess) to capture
3. to dip
4. to move
5. to get wet
6. to drop

Conjugation

Conjugation of drepa (group v-56)
infinitive	drepa
supine	dripið
participle (a26)1	drepandi	dripin
	present	past
first singular	drepi	drap
second singular	drepur	drapst
third singular	drepur	drap
plural	drepa	drópu
	imperative
singular	drep!
plural	drepið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Synonyms

• (kill): taka lívið av, taka av døgum, avlíva, veita bana, sláa í hel
• (capture): taka, beina fyri
• (dip): dýva, stinga
• (move): rørast
• (get wet): vatndrukna
• (drop): dryppa, leka

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse drepa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɛːpa/
• Rhymes: -ɛːpa

Verb

drepa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative drap, third-person plural past indicative drápu, supine drepið)

1. (transitive, intransitive, with accusative) to beat, hit
2. (transitive, intransitive, with accusative) to kill

   Ég drap hestinn.

   I killed the horse.

3. (chess, transitive, with accusative) to capture
4. (transitive, intransitive, with dative) to dip

   Að drepa fingri í lækinn.

   To dip a finger in the brook.

Conjugation

drepa — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að drepa
supine (sagnbót)		drepið
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		drepandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég drep	við drepum	present (nútíð)	ég drepi	við drepum
	þú drepur	þið drepið		þú drepir	þið drepið
	hann, hún, það drepur	þeir, þær, þau drepa		hann, hún, það drepi	þeir, þær, þau drepi
past (þátíð)	ég drap	við drápum	past (þátíð)	ég dræpi	við dræpum
	þú drapst	þið drápuð		þú dræpir	þið dræpuð
	hann, hún, það drap	þeir, þær, þau drápu		hann, hún, það dræpi	þeir, þær, þau dræpu
imperative (boðháttur)	drep (þú)	drepið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	dreptu	drepiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

drepast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að drepast
supine (sagnbót)		drepist
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		drepandist ** ** 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 drepst	við drepumst	present (nútíð)	ég drepist	við drepumst
	þú drepst	þið drepist		þú drepist	þið drepist
	hann, hún, það drepst	þeir, þær, þau drepast		hann, hún, það drepist	þeir, þær, þau drepist
past (þátíð)	ég drapst	við drápumst	past (þátíð)	ég dræpist	við dræpumst
	þú drapst	þið drápust		þú dræpist	þið dræpust
	hann, hún, það drapst	þeir, þær, þau drápust		hann, hún, það dræpist	þeir, þær, þau dræpust
imperative (boðháttur)	drepst (þú)	drepist (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	drepstu	drepisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

drepinn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	drepinn	drepin	drepið		drepnir	drepnar	drepin
accusative (þolfall)	drepinn	drepna	drepið		drepna	drepnar	drepin
dative (þágufall)	drepnum	drepinni	drepnu		drepnum	drepnum	drepnum
genitive (eignarfall)	drepins	drepinnar	drepins		drepinna	drepinna	drepinna
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	drepni	drepna	drepna		drepnu	drepnu	drepnu
accusative (þolfall)	drepna	drepnu	drepna		drepnu	drepnu	drepnu
dative (þágufall)	drepna	drepnu	drepna		drepnu	drepnu	drepnu
genitive (eignarfall)	drepna	drepnu	drepna		drepnu	drepnu	drepnu

Derived terms

• drepa á dyr
• drepa á
• drepa á sér
• drepast

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• drepe (e infinitive)

Dialects

• dråpå, dråppå (trø)
• drapa
• drøpå
• dræp, drep (apocope)

Etymology

From Old Norse drepa (“to stab, hit”), cognate with German treffen, Dutch treffen, and English drub. Doublet of treffe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²drɛːpa/, [²drɛ̝ːpɐ̞]

Verb

drepa (present tense drep, past tense drap, supine drepe, past participle drepen, present participle drepande, imperative drep)

1. To kill, to murder.

   Ho er mistenkt for å ha drepe faren sin.

   She is suspected of having killed her father.

   Ein person vart drepen og to alvorleg såra i ei bilulukke.

   One person was killed and two were seriously injured in a car accident.

   Den drepne var 40 år gamal.

   The victim was 40 years old. (literally: "the killed was 40 years old")

2. To ruin, strain, extinguish, kill. (of persons)

   Den evinnelege masinga di har drepe arbeidslysta mi!

   Your constant nagging has ruined my zeal for work!

   Den filmen var drepande keisam!

   That film was incredibly boring! (literally: "that film was killingly boring")

   Då du sa dei orda, drap du kjenslene hennar.

   When you said those words, you killed her feelings.

Synonyms

to kill, murder

• avliva
• avretta
• døyda
• ekspedera
• fella
• gjeva nådestøyten
• gje nådestøyten
• gjera det av med
• gjera eit hovud kortare
• gjera ende på
• halshogga
• kverka
• la hovuda rulla
• leggja i grava
• likvidera
• lynsja
• massakrera
• myrda
• skyta
• slakta
• slå i hel
• slå skallen inn på
• strangulera
• strupa
• strypa
• ta av dage
• taka av dage
• ta kverken på
• tyna
• uskadeleggjera
• utrydda
• utrydja
• utsletta
• vrida halsen om på
• vri halsen om på

 

to strain, stab, ruin

• dolka
• hogga
• kniva
• kvela
• retta
• stikka

 

Derived terms

• brønndreping
• drepande

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *drepaną (“to strike, push, beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *dhrebh-, *dhreb- (“to crack, crush, kill”); cognate with Old English drepan, German treffen (“hit, meet”).

Verb

drepa (singular past indicative drap, plural past indicative drápu, past participle drepinn)

1. to beat, to hit, to push, to knock
2. to kill, to slay
3. to capture (e.g. in chess)

Conjugation

Conjugation of drepa — active (strong class 5)

infinitive	drepa
present participle	drepandi
past participle	drepinn
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	drep	drap
2nd-person singular	drepr	drapt
3rd-person singular	drepr	drap
1st-person plural	drepum	drápum
2nd-person plural	drepið	drápuð
3rd-person plural	drepa	drápu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	drepa	dræpa
2nd-person singular	drepir	dræpir
3rd-person singular	drepi	dræpi
1st-person plural	drepim	dræpim
2nd-person plural	drepið	dræpið
3rd-person plural	drepi	dræpi
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	drep
1st-person plural	drepum
2nd-person plural	drepið

Conjugation of drepa — mediopassive (strong class 5)

infinitive	drepask
present participle	drepandisk
past participle	drepizk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	drepumk	drápumk
2nd-person singular	drepsk	drapzk
3rd-person singular	drepsk	drapsk
1st-person plural	drepumsk	drápumsk
2nd-person plural	drepizk	drápuzk
3rd-person plural	drepask	drápusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	drepumk	dræpumk
2nd-person singular	drepisk	dræpisk
3rd-person singular	drepisk	dræpisk
1st-person plural	drepimsk	dræpimsk
2nd-person plural	drepizk	dræpizk
3rd-person plural	drepisk	dræpisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	drepsk
1st-person plural	drepumsk
2nd-person plural	drepizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: drepa
• Faroese: drepa
• Norwegian Nynorsk: drepe, drepa, dribba (dialectal)
• Old Swedish: dræpa
  • Swedish: dräpa
• Danish: dræbe
  • Norwegian Bokmål: drepe
• Old Gutnish: drepa

References

• “drepa”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press