sleppa
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse sleppa. Cognate with Swedish slippa.
Verb edit
sleppa (third person singular past indicative slapp, third person plural past indicative sluppu, supine sloppið)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of sleppa (group v-49pp) | ||
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infinitive | sleppa | |
supine | sloppið | |
participle (a34)1 | sleppandi | sloppin |
present | past | |
first singular | sleppi | slapp |
second singular | sleppur | slapst |
third singular | sleppur | slapp |
plural | sleppa | sluppu |
imperative | ||
singular | slepp! | |
plural | sleppið! | |
1Only the past participle being declined. |
Verb edit
sleppa (third person singular past indicative slepti, third person plural past indicative slept, supine slept)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of sleppa (group v-9) | ||
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infinitive | sleppa | |
supine | slept | |
participle (a5)1 | sleppandi | sleptur |
present | past | |
first singular | sleppi | slepti |
second singular | sleppir | slepti |
third singular | sleppir | slepti |
plural | sleppa | sleptu |
imperative | ||
singular | slepp! | |
plural | sleppið! | |
1Only the past participle being declined. |
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse sleppa. Cognate with Swedish slippa.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
sleppa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative slapp, third-person plural past indicative sluppu, supine sloppið)
- (intransitive) to escape, get away
Conjugation edit
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að sleppa | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
sloppið | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
sleppandi | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég slepp | við sleppum | present (nútíð) |
ég sleppi | við sleppum |
þú sleppur | þið sleppið | þú sleppir | þið sleppið | ||
hann, hún, það sleppur | þeir, þær, þau sleppa | hann, hún, það sleppi | þeir, þær, þau sleppi | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég slapp | við sluppum | past (þátíð) |
ég slyppi | við slyppum |
þú slappst | þið sluppuð | þú slyppir | þið slyppuð | ||
hann, hún, það slapp | þeir, þær, þau sluppu | hann, hún, það slyppi | þeir, þær, þau slyppu | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
slepp (þú) | sleppið (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
slepptu | sleppiði * | ||||
* 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) |
sloppinn | sloppin | sloppið | sloppnir | sloppnar | sloppin | |
accusative (þolfall) |
sloppinn | sloppna | sloppið | sloppna | sloppnar | sloppin | |
dative (þágufall) |
sloppnum | sloppinni | sloppnu | sloppnum | sloppnum | sloppnum | |
genitive (eignarfall) |
sloppins | sloppinnar | sloppins | sloppinna | sloppinna | sloppinna | |
weak declension (veik beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
nominative (nefnifall) |
sloppni | sloppna | sloppna | sloppnu | sloppnu | sloppnu | |
accusative (þolfall) |
sloppna | sloppnu | sloppna | sloppnu | sloppnu | sloppnu | |
dative (þágufall) |
sloppna | sloppnu | sloppna | sloppnu | sloppnu | sloppnu | |
genitive (eignarfall) |
sloppna | sloppnu | sloppna | sloppnu | sloppnu | sloppnu |
Verb edit
sleppa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sleppti, supine sleppt)
- (transitive, with dative) to release, to let go, let go of
- (transitive, with dative) to refrain from, to forgo
- (transitive, with dative) to omit
Conjugation edit
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að sleppa | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
sleppt | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
sleppandi | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég sleppi | við sleppum | present (nútíð) |
ég sleppi | við sleppum |
þú sleppir | þið sleppið | þú sleppir | þið sleppið | ||
hann, hún, það sleppir | þeir, þær, þau sleppa | hann, hún, það sleppi | þeir, þær, þau sleppi | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég sleppti | við slepptum | past (þátíð) |
ég sleppti | við slepptum |
þú slepptir | þið slepptuð | þú slepptir | þið slepptuð | ||
hann, hún, það sleppti | þeir, þær, þau slepptu | hann, hún, það sleppti | þeir, þær, þau slepptu | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
slepp (þú) | sleppið (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
slepptu | sleppiði * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
Derived terms edit
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Possibly from Germanic and borrowed from German Schlappe, compare English slap. Ultimately likely onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
- sleppe (e and split infinitives)
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Verb edit
sleppa (present tense slepp, past tense slapp, past participle sloppe, present participle sleppande, imperative slepp)
- to be released from something
- Eg slapp ut av fengselet etter eitt år.
- I was released from prison after one year.
- to not have to do something
- 1991, Rune Belsvik, Dustefjerten:
- Det er eit ganske fint arbeid eg har. Eg slepp å bli full av skit og lort.
- I have a pretty nice job. I don't have to get all dirty and grimy.
- avoid
- Eg slapp militærtenesta fordi eg såg dårleg.
- I avoided military service because I had bad eyesight.
Etymology 2 edit
From etymology 1.
Verb edit
sleppa (present tense slepper, past tense sleppte, past participle sleppt, present participle sleppande, imperative slepp)
- to release, let go, let loose
- Me sleppte kyrne ut på beite.
- We let the cows out to pasture.
- Me slepper deg fri no.
- We will release you now.
- Ho sleppte taket i greina og fall ned på bakken.
- She let go of the branch and fell onto the ground.
References edit
- “sleppa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.