drjúpa

See also: drjupa

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse drjúpa, from Proto-Germanic *dreupaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrew-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrjuːpa/

  Rhymes: -uːpa

Verb

drjúpa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative draup, third-person plural past indicative drupu, supine dropið)

1. (intransitive) to drip, to fall in drops

   Synonym: leka

Conjugation

drjúpa – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að drjúpa
supine sagnbót		dropið
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		drjúpandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	drýp	draup		drjúpi	drypi
	þú	drýpur	draupst		drjúpir	drypir
	hann, hún, það	drýpur	draup		drjúpi	drypi
plural	við	drjúpum	drupum		drjúpum	drypum
	þið	drjúpið	drupuð		drjúpið	drypuð
	þeir, þær, þau	drjúpa	drupu		drjúpi	drypu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	drjúp (þú), drjúptu
plural	þið	drjúpið (þið), drjúpiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

dropinn — 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)	dropinn	dropin	dropið	dropnir	dropnar	dropin
accusative (þolfall)	dropinn	dropna	dropið	dropna	dropnar	dropin
dative (þágufall)	dropnum	dropinni	dropnu	dropnum	dropnum	dropnum
genitive (eignarfall)	dropins	dropinnar	dropins	dropinna	dropinna	dropinna
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	dropni	dropna	dropna	dropnu	dropnu	dropnu
accusative (þolfall)	dropna	dropnu	dropna	dropnu	dropnu	dropnu
dative (þágufall)	dropna	dropnu	dropna	dropnu	dropnu	dropnu
genitive (eignarfall)	dropna	dropnu	dropna	dropnu	dropnu	dropnu

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dreupaną.

Verb

drjúpa (singular past indicative draup, plural past indicative drupu, past participle dropinn)

1. (intransitive) to drip, fall in drops
2. to let it rain, be leaky
3. to droop with the head

   Synonym: drúpa

Conjugation

Conjugation of drjúpa — active (strong class 2)

infinitive	drjúpa
present participle	drjúpandi
past participle	dropinn
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	drýp	draup		drjúpa	drypa
2nd person singular	drýpr	draupt		drjúpir	drypir
3rd person singular	drýpr	draup		drjúpi	drypi
1st person plural	drjúpum	drupum		drjúpim	drypim
2nd person plural	drjúpið	drupuð		drjúpið	drypið
3rd person plural	drjúpa	drupu		drjúpi	drypi
imperative	present
2nd person singular	drjúp
1st person plural	drjúpum
2nd person plural	drjúpið

Conjugation of drjúpa — mediopassive (strong class 2)

infinitive	drjúpask
present participle	drjúpandisk
past participle	dropizk
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	drjúpumk	drupumk		drjúpumk	drypumk
2nd person singular	drýpsk	draupzk		drjúpisk	drypisk
3rd person singular	drýpsk	draupsk		drjúpisk	drypisk
1st person plural	drjúpumsk	drupumsk		drjúpimsk	drypimsk
2nd person plural	drjúpizk	drupuzk		drjúpizk	drypizk
3rd person plural	drjúpask	drupusk		drjúpisk	drypisk
imperative	present
2nd person singular	drjúpsk
1st person plural	drjúpumsk
2nd person plural	drjúpizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: drjúpa
• Norwegian Nynorsk: drypa, drype
• Swedish: drypa

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “drjúpa”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive