fiska

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse fiska, from Proto-Germanic *fiskōną. By surface analysis, fisk +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɪska/
  • Rhymes: -ɪska

Verb

fiska (third person singular past indicative fiskaði, third person plural past indicative fiskaðu, supine fiskað)

  1. to fish
    Hvussu nógvar fiskar hevur tú fiskað?
    How many fish did you fish?
  2. to fish (to dredge for sunken pilot whales) [with upp]
  3. to fish for (an invitation, information, compliments, support, sympathy) [with eftir]

Conjugation

Conjugation of (group v-30)
infinitive
supine fiskað
present past
first singular fiski fiskaði
second singular fiskar fiskaði
third singular fiskar fiskaði
plural fiska fiskaðu
participle (a6)1 fiskandi fiskaður
imperative
singular fiska!
plural fiskið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

References

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪska

Etymology 1

From Old Norse fiska (to fish), from Proto-Germanic *fiskōną. Corresponds to fisk +‎ -a.

Verb

fiska (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative fiskaði, supine fiskað)

  1. to fish
Conjugation
fiska – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur fiska
supine sagnbót fiskað
present participle
fiskandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég fiska fiskaði fiski fiskaði
þú fiskar fiskaðir fiskir fiskaðir
hann, hún, það fiskar fiskaði fiski fiskaði
plural við fiskum fiskuðum fiskum fiskuðum
þið fiskið fiskuðuð fiskið fiskuðuð
þeir, þær, þau fiska fiskuðu fiski fiskuðu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú fiska (þú), fiskaðu
plural þið fiskið (þið), fiskiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
fiskast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive nafnháttur að fiskast
supine sagnbót fiskast
present participle
fiskandist (rare; see appendix)
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég fiskast fiskaðist fiskist fiskaðist
þú fiskast fiskaðist fiskist fiskaðist
hann, hún, það fiskast fiskaðist fiskist fiskaðist
plural við fiskumst fiskuðumst fiskumst fiskuðumst
þið fiskist fiskuðust fiskist fiskuðust
þeir, þær, þau fiskast fiskuðust fiskist fiskuðust
imperative boðháttur
singular þú fiskast (þú), fiskastu
plural þið fiskist (þið), fiskisti1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Etymology 2

Noun

fiska

  1. indefinite accusative/genitive plural of fiskur

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

fiska

  1. inflection of fiske:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Old Norse

Noun

fiska

  1. accusative/genitive plural of fiskr

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse fiska, from Proto-Germanic *fiskōną. Corresponds to fisk +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

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Verb

fiska (present fiskar, preterite fiskade, supine fiskat, imperative fiska)

  1. to fish

Conjugation

Conjugation of fiska (weak)
active passive
infinitive fiska fiskas
supine fiskat fiskats
imperative fiska
imper. plural1 fisken
present past present past
indicative fiskar fiskade fiskas fiskades
ind. plural1 fiska fiskade fiskas fiskades
subjunctive2 fiske fiskade fiskes fiskades
present participle fiskande
past participle fiskad

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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