ýla

See also: yla, ylą, yła, ȳła, ylä-, and -yla

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse ýla, from Proto-Germanic *hūwilōną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʊiːla/
    Rhymes: -ʊiːla
    Homophone: íla

Verb

ýla (third person singular past indicative ýldi, third person plural past indicative ýldu, supine ýlt)

  1. to yowl
  2. to thunder

Conjugation

Conjugation of (group v-1)
infinitive
supine ýlt
present past
first singular ýli ýldi
second singular ýlir ýldi
third singular ýlir ýldi
plural ýla ýldu
participle (a7)1 ýlandi ýldur
imperative
singular ýl!
plural ýlið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈiːla/
    Rhymes: -iːla
    Homophone: íla

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ýla, from Proto-Germanic *hūwilōną.

Verb

ýla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ýldi, supine ýlt)

  1. to howl, whine
    Synonyms: emja, gaula, ýlfra
Conjugation
ýla – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur ýla
supine sagnbót ýlt
present participle
ýlandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég ýli ýldi ýli ýldi
þú ýlir ýldir ýlir ýldir
hann, hún, það ýlir ýldi ýli ýldi
plural við ýlum ýldum ýlum ýldum
þið ýlið ýlduð ýlið ýlduð
þeir, þær, þau ýla ýldu ýli ýldu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú ýl (þú), ýldu
plural þið ýlið (þið), ýliði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Etymology 2

Noun

ýla f (genitive singular ýlu, nominative plural ýlur)

  1. howl, whine
    Synonyms: gól, ýlfur
Declension
Declension of ýla (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ýla ýlan ýlur ýlurnar
accusative ýlu ýluna ýlur ýlurnar
dative ýlu ýlunni ýlum ýlunum
genitive ýlu ýlunnar ýlna, ýla ýlnanna, ýlanna