liggja
Faroese
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse liggja, from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-.
Verb
editliggja (third person singular past indicative lá, third person plural past indicative lógu, supine ligið)
- to lie (on a bed etc.)
Conjugation
editConjugation of liggja (irregular) | ||
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infinitive | liggja | |
supine | ligið | |
participle (a26)1 | liggjandi | ligin |
present | past | |
first singular | liggi | lá |
second singular | liggur | lást |
third singular | liggur | lá |
plural | liggja | lógu |
imperative | ||
singular | ligg! | |
plural | liggið! | |
1Only the past participle being declined. |
Icelandic
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse liggja, from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editliggja (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative lá, third-person plural past indicative lágu, supine legið)
Conjugation
editinfinitive (nafnháttur) |
að liggja | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
legið | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
liggjandi | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég ligg | við liggjum | present (nútíð) |
ég liggi | við liggjum |
þú liggur | þið liggið | þú liggir | þið liggið | ||
hann, hún, það liggur | þeir, þær, þau liggja | hann, hún, það liggi | þeir, þær, þau liggi | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég lá | við lágum | past (þátíð) |
ég lægi | við lægjum |
þú lást | þið láguð | þú lægir | þið lægjuð | ||
hann, hún, það lá | þeir, þær, þau lágu | hann, hún, það lægi | þeir, þær, þau lægju | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
ligg (þú) | liggið (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
liggðu | liggiði * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
strong declension (sterk beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
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masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
nominative (nefnifall) |
leginn | legin | legið | legnir | legnar | legin | |
accusative (þolfall) |
leginn | legna | legið | legna | legnar | legin | |
dative (þágufall) |
legnum | leginni | legnu | legnum | legnum | legnum | |
genitive (eignarfall) |
legins | leginnar | legins | leginna | leginna | leginna | |
weak declension (veik beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
nominative (nefnifall) |
legni | legna | legna | legnu | legnu | legnu | |
accusative (þolfall) |
legna | legnu | legna | legnu | legnu | legnu | |
dative (þágufall) |
legna | legnu | legna | legnu | legnu | legnu | |
genitive (eignarfall) |
legna | legnu | legna | legnu | legnu | legnu |
Derived terms
edit- allir vegir liggja til Rómar
- liggja fyrir (“to lie in bed”)
- liggja í augum uppi (“to be obvious”)
- liggja í kör
- liggja í því (“to be in trouble”)
- liggja vel á (“to be in high spirits”)
- liggja við (“to be at stake”)
Norwegian Nynorsk
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse liggja, from Proto-Germanic *ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-. Akin to English lie.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editliggja (present tense ligg, past tense låg, past participle lege, passive infinitive liggjast, present participle liggjande, imperative ligg)
- to lie (to be in a horizontal position.)
- Kvifor ligg du her?
- Why are you lying here?
- to lie (location), be located
- Kvar ligg kjøpesenteret?
- Where is the shopping centre located?
Conjugation
editReferences
edit- “liggja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-. Compare Old English liċġan, Old Saxon liggian, Old Frisian lidzia, Old High German liggen, Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (ligan).
Verb
editliggja
- to lie (on a bed etc.)
Conjugation
editinfinitive | liggja | |
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present participle | liggjandi | |
past participle | leginn | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | ligg | lá |
2nd-person singular | liggr | látt |
3rd-person singular | liggr | lá |
1st-person plural | liggjum | lágum |
2nd-person plural | liggið | láguð |
3rd-person plural | liggja | lágu |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | liggja | læga |
2nd-person singular | liggir | lægir |
3rd-person singular | liggi | lægi |
1st-person plural | liggim | lægim |
2nd-person plural | liggið | lægið |
3rd-person plural | liggi | lægi |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | ligg | |
1st-person plural | liggjum | |
2nd-person plural | liggið |
infinitive | liggjask | |
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present participle | liggjandisk | |
past participle | legizk | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | liggjumk | lágumk |
2nd-person singular | liggsk | lázk |
3rd-person singular | liggsk | lásk |
1st-person plural | liggjumsk | lágumsk |
2nd-person plural | liggizk | láguzk |
3rd-person plural | liggjask | lágusk |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | liggjumk | lægumk |
2nd-person singular | liggisk | lægisk |
3rd-person singular | liggisk | lægisk |
1st-person plural | liggimsk | lægimsk |
2nd-person plural | liggizk | lægizk |
3rd-person plural | liggisk | lægisk |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | liggsk | |
1st-person plural | liggjumsk | |
2nd-person plural | liggizk |
Descendants
edit- Icelandic: liggja
- Faroese: liggja
- Norwegian Nynorsk: liggja
- Elfdalian: ligga
- Old Swedish: liggia
- Swedish: ligga
- Old Danish: liggæ
- Old Gutnish: liggia
- Gutnish: ligge
References
edit- “liggja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Faroese terms derived from Old Norse
- Faroese terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Faroese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Faroese lemmas
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- Icelandic 2-syllable words
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- Icelandic lemmas
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- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *legʰ-
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
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- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with usage examples
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Norse terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *legʰ-
- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse lemmas
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- Old Norse class 5 strong verbs