gapa
Garo edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
gapa (intransitive)
- to be full (of any container)
Related terms edit
- gapeta (“to fill, cause to be full”)
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
gapa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative gapti, supine gapað)
- to gape
Conjugation edit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Northern Paiute edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
gapa
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Alternative forms edit
Verb edit
gapa
- inflection of gape:
- simple past
- past participle
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *gapōną (“to gaze, observe”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- (“to gape, be wide open”).[1]
Verb edit
gapa (singular past indicative gapti, plural past indicative gǫptu, past participle gapat)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of gapa — active (weak class 3)
infinitive | gapa | |
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present participle | gapandi | |
past participle | gapaðr | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | gapi | gapta |
2nd-person singular | gapir | gaptir |
3rd-person singular | gapir | gapti |
1st-person plural | gapum | gǫptum |
2nd-person plural | gapið | gǫptuð |
3rd-person plural | gapa | gǫptu |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | gapa | gepta |
2nd-person singular | gapir | geptir |
3rd-person singular | gapi | gepti |
1st-person plural | gapim | geptim |
2nd-person plural | gapið | geptið |
3rd-person plural | gapi | gepti |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | gap | |
1st-person plural | gapum | |
2nd-person plural | gapið |
Conjugation of gapa — mediopassive (weak class 3)
infinitive | gapask | |
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present participle | gapandisk | |
past participle | gapazk | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | gapumk | gǫptumk |
2nd-person singular | gapisk | gaptisk |
3rd-person singular | gapisk | gaptisk |
1st-person plural | gapumsk | gǫptumsk |
2nd-person plural | gapizk | gǫptuzk |
3rd-person plural | gapask | gǫptusk |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | gapumk | geptumk |
2nd-person singular | gapisk | geptisk |
3rd-person singular | gapisk | geptisk |
1st-person plural | gapimsk | geptimsk |
2nd-person plural | gapizk | geptizk |
3rd-person plural | gapisk | geptisk |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | gapsk | |
1st-person plural | gapumsk | |
2nd-person plural | gapizk |
Descendants edit
References edit
- “gapa”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “gap”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gapa f
- (colloquial) booby (person)
- (Greater Poland, Kujawy, Poznań) crow (Corvus cornix, occasionally other birds of the Corvus genus)
- Synonym: wrona
Declension edit
Declension of gapa
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
Rotokas edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
gapa
References edit
- Firchow, Irwin, Firchow, Jacqueline, Akoitai, David (1973) Vocabulary of Rotokas - Pidgin - English[1], Ukarumpa: Summer Institute of Linguistics, page 18
Sakizaya edit
Pronunciation edit
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gapa
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Swedish gapa or gap + -a
Verb edit
gapa (present gapar, preterite gapade, supine gapat, imperative gapa)
- to open one's mouth; keep one's mouth open
- to talk very loudly or shout
- to gape (be wide open)
- en gapande avgrund
- a gaping abyss
- to be (conspicuously) empty
- Läktarna gapade tomma
- The bleachers were empty
- Butikshyllorna gapade tomma
- The store shelves were empty
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of gapa (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | gapa | — | ||
Supine | gapat | — | ||
Imperative | gapa | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | gapen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | gapar | gapade | — | — |
Ind. plural1 | gapa | gapade | — | — |
Subjunctive2 | gape | gapade | — | — |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | gapande | |||
Past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Derived terms edit
- gaphals (“someone who screams and shouts”)