feykja

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse feykja.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfeiːca/
  • Rhymes: -eiːca

Verb

feykja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative feykti, supine feykt)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to fly (from the wind)
  2. (transitive) to blow, blow off

Conjugation

feykja – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur feykja
supine sagnbót feykt
present participle
feykjandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég feyki feykti feyki feykti
þú feykir feyktir feykir feyktir
hann, hún, það feykir feykti feyki feykti
plural við feykjum feyktum feykjum feyktum
þið feykið feyktuð feykið feyktuð
þeir, þær, þau feykja feyktu feyki feyktu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú feyk (þú), feyktu
plural þið feykið (þið), feykiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
feykjast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive nafnháttur að feykjast
supine sagnbót feykst
present participle
feykjandist (rare; see appendix)
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég feykist feyktist feykist feyktist
þú feykist feyktist feykist feyktist
hann, hún, það feykist feyktist feykist feyktist
plural við feykjumst feyktumst feykjumst feyktumst
þið feykist feyktust feykist feyktust
þeir, þær, þau feykjast feyktust feykist feyktust
imperative boðháttur
singular þú feykst (þú), feykstu
plural þið feykist (þið), feykisti1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
feyktur — 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)
feyktur feykt feykt feyktir feyktar feykt
accusative
(þolfall)
feyktan feykta feykt feykta feyktar feykt
dative
(þágufall)
feyktum feyktri feyktu feyktum feyktum feyktum
genitive
(eignarfall)
feykts feyktrar feykts feyktra feyktra feyktra
weak declension
(veik beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
feykti feykta feykta feyktu feyktu feyktu
accusative
(þolfall)
feykta feyktu feykta feyktu feyktu feyktu
dative
(þágufall)
feykta feyktu feykta feyktu feyktu feyktu
genitive
(eignarfall)
feykta feyktu feykta feyktu feyktu feyktu

References

Old Norse

Etymology

Causative of fjúka (be blown about by the wind).

Verb

feykja

  1. to blow, drive (away)

Descendants

  • Faroese: foykja
  • Icelandic: feykja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: føykja
  • Swedish: föka

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “feykja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive