fletja

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fletja, from Proto-Germanic *flatjaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflɛːtja/

  Rhymes: -ɛːtja

Verb

fletja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative flatti, supine flatt)

1. to flatten

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *flatjaną.

Verb

fletja (singular past indicative flatti, plural past indicative flǫttu, past participle flattr)

1. to make flat
2. (of a cod) to cut open
3. (mediopassive) to extend

Conjugation

Conjugation of fletja — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	fletja
present participle	fletjandi
past participle	flattr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	flet	flatta
2nd-person singular	fletr	flattir
3rd-person singular	fletr	flatti
1st-person plural	fletjum	flǫttum
2nd-person plural	fletið	flǫttuð
3rd-person plural	fletja	flǫttu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	fletja	fletta
2nd-person singular	fletir	flettir
3rd-person singular	fleti	fletti
1st-person plural	fletim	flettim
2nd-person plural	fletið	flettið
3rd-person plural	fleti	fletti
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	flet
1st-person plural	fletjum
2nd-person plural	fletið

Conjugation of fletja — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	fletjask
present participle	fletjandisk
past participle	flazk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	fletjumk	flǫttumk
2nd-person singular	flezk	flattisk
3rd-person singular	flezk	flattisk
1st-person plural	fletjumsk	flǫttumsk
2nd-person plural	fletizk	flǫttuzk
3rd-person plural	fletjask	flǫttusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	fletjumk	flettumk
2nd-person singular	fletisk	flettisk
3rd-person singular	fletisk	flettisk
1st-person plural	fletimsk	flettimsk
2nd-person plural	fletizk	flettizk
3rd-person plural	fletisk	flettisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	flezk
1st-person plural	fletjumsk
2nd-person plural	fletizk

Related terms

• flatr

Descendants

• Icelandic: fletja

References

• “fletja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press