Faroese edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse kljúfa, from Proto-Germanic *kleubaną, from Proto-Indo-European *glewbʰ-.

Verb edit

klúgva (third person singular past indicative kleyv, third person plural past indicative kluvu, supine klovið)

  1. (transitive) to cleave, to split
    Synonym: kloyva

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of klúgva (group v-42)
infinitive klúgva
supine klovið
participle (a26)1 klúgvandi klovin
present past
first singular klúgvi kleyv
second singular klývur kleyvst
third singular klývur kleyv
plural klúgva kluvu
imperative
singular klúg!
plural klúgið!
1Only the past participle being declined.