vaksa

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse vaxa, from Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg-. Compare Icelandic vaxa, English waxen.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈvaʰksa] ^[1]

Verb

vaksa (third person singular past indicative vaks, third person plural past indicative vuksu, supine voksið)

to grow

Conjugation

Conjugation of vaksa (irregular)
infinitive	vaksa
supine	vaksið
participle (a26)¹	vaksandi	vaksin
	present	past
first singular	vaksi	vaks/ (vóks)
second singular	veksur/ (veks)	vaks/ (vóks)
third singular	veksur/ (veks)	vaks/ (vóks)
plural	vaksa	vuksu
	imperative
singular	vaks!
plural	vaksið!
¹Only the past participle being declined.

Synonyms

grógva

References

^ Árnason, Kristján (2011) The Phonology of Icelandic and Faroese (The Phonology of the World's Languages), Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 123

Gutnish

Etymology

From Old Norse vaxa, from Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg-. Compare Icelandic vaxa, English waxen.

Verb

vaksa (present vaksur, plural vakse, preterite vaks, plural vuksu, supine vaksi, perfect participle masculine vaksen, feminine vaksi, neuter vaksä)

to grow

[1] Árnason, Kristján (2011) The Phonology of Icelandic and Faroese (The Phonology of the World's Languages), Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 123

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