stynja

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse stynja, from Proto-Germanic *stunjaną.

Verb

stynja

1. to moan

Conjugation

Conjugation of stynja (group v-19-30)
infinitive	stynja
supine	stunt/ stynjað
participle (a7/a6)1	stynjandi	stundur/ stynjaður
	present	past
first singular	styni/ stynji	stundi/ stynjaði
second singular	stynur/ stynjar	stundi/ stynjaði
third singular	stynur/ stynjar	stundi/ stynjaði
plural	stynja	stundu/ stynjaðu
	imperative
singular	styn/ stynja!
plural	stynið/ stynjið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse stynja, from Proto-Germanic *stunjaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɪnja/
• Rhymes: -ɪnja

Verb

stynja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative stundi, supine stunið)

1. to moan, to groan, to sigh

Conjugation

stynja — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að stynja
supine (sagnbót)		stunið
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		stynjandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég styn	við stynjum	present (nútíð)	ég stynji	við stynjum
	þú stynur	þið stynjið		þú stynjir	þið stynjið
	hann, hún, það stynur	þeir, þær, þau stynja		hann, hún, það stynji	þeir, þær, þau stynji
past (þátíð)	ég stundi	við stundum	past (þátíð)	ég styndi	við styndum
	þú stundir	þið stunduð		þú styndir	þið stynduð
	hann, hún, það stundi	þeir, þær, þau stundu		hann, hún, það styndi	þeir, þær, þau styndu
imperative (boðháttur)	styn (þú)	stynjið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	styndu	stynjiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

stuninn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	stuninn	stunin	stunið		stundir	stundar	stunin
accusative (þolfall)	stuninn	stunda	stunið		stunda	stundar	stunin
dative (þágufall)	stundum	stuninni	stundu		stundum	stundum	stundum
genitive (eignarfall)	stunins	stuninnar	stunins		stuninna	stuninna	stuninna
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	stundi	stunda	stunda		stundu	stundu	stundu
accusative (þolfall)	stunda	stundu	stunda		stundu	stundu	stundu
dative (þágufall)	stunda	stundu	stunda		stundu	stundu	stundu
genitive (eignarfall)	stunda	stundu	stunda		stundu	stundu	stundu

Related terms

• stuna (“sigh, moan”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• stynje (e-infinitive)
• stønna, stønne

Etymology

From Old Norse stynja.

Verb

stynja (present tense styn, past tense stunde, supine stunt, past participle stund, present participle stynjande, imperative styn)

1. to groan
2. to sigh
3. to moan

References

• “stynja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stunjaną, related to *stenaną.

Verb

stynja (singular past indicative stundi, plural past indicative stundu, past participle stundr)

1. to sigh, groan

Conjugation

Conjugation of stynja — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	stynja
present participle	stynjandi
past participle	stundr, stuniðr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	styn	stunda
2nd-person singular	stynr	stundir
3rd-person singular	stynr	stundi
1st-person plural	stynjum	stundum
2nd-person plural	stynið	stunduð
3rd-person plural	stynja	stundu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	stynja	stynda
2nd-person singular	stynir	styndir
3rd-person singular	styni	styndi
1st-person plural	stynim	styndim
2nd-person plural	stynið	styndið
3rd-person plural	styni	styndi
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	styn
1st-person plural	stynjum
2nd-person plural	stynið

Descendants

• Icelandic: stynja
• Faroese: stynja
• Norwegian Nynorsk: stynja
• Danish: stønne
  • Norwegian Bokmål: stønne
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: stønna

References

• “stynja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press