slökkva
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse sløkkva, from Proto-Germanic *slakwjaną. Probably not related to English slake, which originally meant “to weaken”.[1]
Verb edit
slökkva (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative slökkti, supine slökkt)
- (with accusative) to extinguish, to put out
- Slökktu á perunum.
- Turn off the lights.
References edit
- ^ Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans, page 902. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)