Icelandic edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Attested since the 18th century. From Proto-Germanic *rēpijō. Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk ræpe (dungheap, mire; gossip, rumor), dialectal Swedish råpa (pile of dung).

Noun edit

ræpa f (genitive singular ræpu, nominative plural ræpur)

  1. diarrhea
    Synonym: niðurgangur
  2. yammering, logorrhea
  3. an uneven, narrow grassy area (to be mown)
Declension edit

Etymology 2 edit

Related to the noun ræpa. Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk ræpa (to have diarrhea; to blather).

Verb edit

ræpa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ræpti, supine ræpt)

  1. to have diarrhea
  2. to mow little spots of grass here and there (the small, difficult and inabundant ones)
Conjugation edit

References edit

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology edit

Related to the noun ræpe f. Cognate with Icelandic ræpa (to have diarrhoea).

Verb edit

ræpa (present tense ræpar, past tense ræpa, past participle ræpa, passive infinitive ræpast, present participle ræpande, imperative ræpa/ræp)

  1. to have diarrhoea
  2. to blather