slokna

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse slokna, from Old Norse slokinn, past participle of a verb from Proto-Germanic *slekwaną (“to go out; become extinguished”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lew- (“slack; loose; limp”). Related to English slocken.

Verb

slokna (third person singular past indicative sloknaði, supine sloknað)

1. (of a fire, a light, etc.) to go out
   • tað sloknar ikki hjá honum

     he doesn't stop smoking

2. (by extension) to die

Conjugation

Conjugation of slokna (group v-30)
infinitive	slokna
supine	sloknað
participle (a6)1	sloknandi	sloknaður
	present	past
first singular	slokni	sloknaði
second singular	sloknar	sloknaði
third singular	sloknar	sloknaði
plural	slokna	sloknaðu
	imperative
singular	slokna!
plural	sloknið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Further reading

"slokna" at Sprotin.fo